flowering flax

American  

noun

1. a plant, Linum grandiflorum, of northern Africa, having quickly fading, red or pink flowers.

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Example Sentences

Blue flowering flax adds depth to the pink and white.

From Project Gutenberg

At early dawn he used to walk into the fields to catch the exquisite breeze before the day should grow hot, and gaze at the green crops and the flowering flax, which then, emulating heaven's own blue, gave the greatest joy to all beholders....

From Project Gutenberg

Among them, the common blue flowering flax made its first appearance; and a tall and handsome species of gilia, with slender scarlet flowers, which appeared yesterday for the first time, was very frequent to-day.

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