flax
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4ADJ.
covered, growing
VERB + FLAX
market, sow, time, using
FLAX + NOUN
cotton, hemp
PREP.
with
Definitions
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.
A 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.
name
A surname.
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5I eat bread covered with flax seeds, which end up all over the table.
Tatoeba · #5363921The mountain ash is blooming. It's time to sow flax.
Tatoeba · #8324188Can cats have flax milk?
Tatoeba · #11086432During this period, there was also a growing market for flax, hemp and cotton.
Tatoeba · #11121986An international team of researchers has found evidence that humans in what is now Georgia were using flax some 30,000 years ago.
Tatoeba · #11319337