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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Hair 13: The shining gleaming streaming flaxen waxen goes bald.
From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2018
He has the mighty flaxen hair of the Norse God of Thunder.
From Golf Digest • Oct. 30, 2018
The hardworking Nassella tenuissima’s upright green tufts turn to flaxen cascades perfect for softening up stone paths.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2018
“Modeling is such a dull job,” Nico told The Times, while, the writer added, “tossing her flaxen mane.”
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2017
Lightfoot bent so close that her long flaxen hair brushed against my face.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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