flax: meaning and definitions

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What is flax?

What is flax?

  • A widely cultivated plant, Linum usitatissimum, having pale blue flowers, seeds that yield linseed oil, and slender stems from which a textile fiber is obtained. The fine, light-colored textile fiber obtained from this plant. Any of various other plants of the genus Linum or of other genera in the family Linaceae.
  • A pale grayish yellow.

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