any plant of the annual or perennial genus Linum, of temperate regions, esp L. grandiflorum, from N Africa, cultivated for its showy red or blue flowers: family Linaceae
See also flax
Word origin
Latin, from Greek linon flax
linum in American English
(ˈlainəm)
noun
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals