flaxy

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flaxLinum usitatissimum

flax

F0176100 (flăks)n.1. a. A widely cultivated plant, Linum usitatissimum, having pale blue flowers, seeds that yield linseed oil, and slender stems from which a textile fiber is obtained.b. The fine, light-colored textile fiber obtained from this plant.c. Any of various other plants of the genus Linum or of other genera in the family Linaceae.2. A pale grayish yellow.
[Middle English, from Old English fleax; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]
flax′y adj.