Linum

linum

(ˈlaɪnəm) n (Plants) 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[Latin, from Greek linon flax]

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Linum - a herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leavesgenus Linumplant genus - a genus of plantsfamily Linaceae, flax family, Linaceae - a widely distributed family of plantsflax - plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem