flaxyadj.
/ˈflaksi/ Of the nature of or resembling flax; made of flax. Also absol.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > flax, hemp, or jute > [adjective] > made of
hempena1398
flaxen1521
flaxy1634
the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > pale yellow
gull13..
flaxen?1523
palew1547
straw-coloured1585
branlie1589
straw colour1589
flaxy1634
festucine1646
sulphureous1656
flaxenish1661
butter colour1665
strawy1668
straw-yellow1794
bombycinous1796
sulphur-coloured1811
sherry-yellow1813
sulphur-yellow1816
bombasic1825
straw1842
wax-coloured1842
stramineous1845
maize-coloured1852
daffodil1855
daw1856
flax1873
sherry-coloured1875
mastic1890
sulpho-chromic1895
ochroid1897
wheat-coloured1898
sulphurous1899
sulphury1900
tea rose1900
straw-pale1922
1634 M. Sandys Prudence 16 The Flaxie [colour] having whitenesse, appertaines to Temperance.
1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Lineo, flaxie, made of flax.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 20 The substance which attaches the flaxy filaments to the vegetable vessels and membranes.
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