单词 | mountain flax |
释义 | mountain flax/ˌmaʊntɪn ˈflaks/(also mountaine flax, mountain flox, mountain vlix) noun 1 US. The plant senega snakeroot, Polygala senega, whose root was formerly used medicinally. 2 US. The prairie flax, Linum perenne subsp. lewisii, of western North America. rare. 3The New Zealand plant Phormium cookianum (family Phormiaceae or Agavaceae), which has fibrous blade-like leaves, is a smaller relative of New Zealand flax (P. tenax), and is grown elsewhere as a garden plant. OriginMid 17th century (in an earlier sense). From mountain + flax. |
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