adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling flax
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of a soft yellow colour
flaxen hair
Etymology
Origin of flaxen
Example Sentences
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He has the mighty flaxen hair of the Norse God of Thunder.
From Golf Digest • Oct. 30, 2018
Nassella tenuissima, or Mexican feather grass, grows low, finely tufted green ponytails that flower into fluffy flaxen strands of 2 feet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2018
Her flaxen hair was trimmed and bagged, her toenails clipped and kept, her bodily fluids collected.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2017
Ms. Krauss’s loose, flaxen waves and smoky eye shadow were, in fact, left over from a Randy Travis tribute show at Bridgestone Arena the night before.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2017
It was Nancy’s Babe, the obedient old dappled mare with flaxen mane and dark-purple eyes like magnificent pansy blossoms.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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