flax
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/flæks/
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/flæks/
noun
R
A plant with blue flowers that is grown for its stem and seeds. The stem is used to make thread, and the seeds are used to make linseed oil.
Flax is a versatile plant, providing both linen and linseed oil.
R
Threads made from the stem of the flax plant, used to make linen.
The fabric of the shirt was made from fine flax threads.
translation
A plant with blue flowers that is grown for its stem and seeds. The stem is used to make thread, and the seeds are used to make linseed oil.; Threads made from the stem of the flax plant, used to make linen.
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Plural
flaxes