flax
noun
any plant of the genus Linum, especially L. usitatissimum, a slender, erect, annual plant having narrow, lance-shaped leaves and blue flowers, cultivated for its fiber and seeds.
flaxes
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pluralof flax.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The New Zealand flax gives the most perfectly soluble nitrates of any of the flaxes.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford
The Hoffs flaxes are reckoned in a similar way.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
Sometimes other proportions obtain, while it is not unusual to have quotations for flaxes containing four different kinds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
It. ij calevers wth flaxes and tuch boxe.
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by William Andrews
The marks in the Crown flaxes have the following signification:— K means Crown and is usually the base mark.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
