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| flax [ flaks ] |
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1. fiber used to make linen: a fine light-colored plant fiber. Use: linen textiles.
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2. plant yielding fiber and oil: a plant that yields oil from its seeds and flax from its stems. Latin name Linum usitatissimum.
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3. pale yellow: a pale yellow color
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| [ Old English flæx< Indo-European, "braid"] |
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 flax·y adjective |
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