Flax

Word FLAX
Character 4
Hyphenation flax
Pronunciations /flæks/

Definitions and meanings of "Flax"

What do we mean by 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. noun

The fine, light-colored textile fiber obtained from this plant. noun

Any of various other plants of the genus Linum or of other genera in the family Linaceae. noun

A pale grayish yellow. noun

To beat.

To move quickly; “knock” about: as, to flax round (to move about in a lively or energetic manner).

The common name for plants of the genus Linum and for the fiber obtained from the stems of L. usitatissimum. noun

One of several plants of other genera, mostly resembling common flax, as the false or white flax (Camelina sativa), mountain flax (Polygala Senega), toadflax (Linaria vulgaris), New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax), which yields a strong fiber, and spurge-flax (Daphne Gnidium). noun

The whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea: with reference to the material composing its nest. noun

Canvas linen, made from flax, used for sailmaking. noun

The field-cress or mithridate mustard, Lepidium campestre. noun

In New Zealand, L. monogynum; also the New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax. See Phormium. noun

Same as Lewis's wild flax. noun

Same as toad-flax. noun

Same as false flax. noun

The garden tickseed or calliopsis, Coreopsis tinctoria. noun

A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed. noun

The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing. noun

Amianthus. noun

A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds.

The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles.

The flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps.

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The word "flax" in example sentences

"The evidence for some kind of massive programmed rearrangement upon environmental induction in flax is unequivocal," he writes, "but inheritance of acquired changes has been an anathema to evolutionary biologists ever since Darwin's time." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ms. Moskowitz has published recipes in which, in lieu of eggs, flax seeds are ground into meal, then blended with water to form what she calls "flax goop." ❋ Katy McLaughlin (2011)

She said originally, in 1999, her coach gave her what he described as flax seed oil. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"As well might you bid Madam Toad to spin flax without her distaff." ❋ Unknown (1922)

'As well might you bid Madam Toad to spin flax without her distaff.' ❋ Unknown (1921)

My flax is spun, my wheel is hushed, and so I wait the morrow. ❋ Unknown (1906)

Shure I know that flax is grown to make linen wid, not to feed oxen. ❋ Unknown (1852)

Name one farm commodity from kumquats to radishes, from cotton to flax, that isn't grossly overproduced. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Each member of the family has a pallet of coarse cloth stuffed with fluffy flax, which is placed at night on the floor, on benches, on part of the top of the huge stone or brick stove, or on a platform laid close up under the ceiling on beams extending from the stove to the opposite wall of the living-room. ❋ Harry H. Mead (N/A)

The country is small, but every part of the land is made fertile by the industry of the farmers, of whom there are a great number; many of them grow flax, which is woven into linen by the women. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Such is the case with the toad-flax, which is nearly sterile with its own pollen. ❋ Hugo De Vries (1891)

Before leaving the labiates, we may cite a curious instance of pelorism in the toad-flax, which is quite different from the ordinary peloric variety. ❋ Hugo De Vries (1891)

"I thought you said the flax was all done, Winthrop?" said his mother. ❋ Unknown (1856)

Then I walked to the place where they broke the flax, which is wrought with much greater ease than the hemp, and is much better for spinning. ❋ Unknown (1841)

The first operation necessary was to steep the flax, which is usually done by exposing it in the open air in the rain, the wind, and the dew, so as, in a certain degree, to dissolve the plant, rendering the separation of the fibrous and ligneous parts more easy. ❋ Johann David Wyss (1780)

The wool and the flax are his, as well as the corn and the wine, Hos. ii. ❋ Unknown (1721)

To duplicate this effect, some fire logs contain a little birdseed hemp, millet, coriander, or flax, which is also prone to pop when burned. ❋ Patrick Di Justo (2010)

Chia is also said to be more easily digested than flax, which is currently a leading plant source of ALA. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This device, also known as a flax-brake, consisted of two sets of wooden teeth or blades hinged together. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The polymers of natural cellulose fibers such as cotton, hemp and flax, which is used to make linen, have a much lower transition level and therefore require less heat energy to break the stable covalent bonds than nylon, polyester or regenerated polymers of bamboo, rayon, Tencel / lyocell, Modal, or Ingeo which means that they wrinkle more easily. ❋ Mlackman (2008)

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