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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flax/flaks/

▶noun

1 a blue-flowered herbaceous plant that is cultivated for its seed (linseed) and for textile fibre made from its stalks. [Linum usitatissimum.]
■ textile fibre obtained from flax.

2 another term for New Zealand flax.

– origin OE flæx, of W. Gmc origin.

'flax' also found in these Oxford entries:

boll - brake - byssus - comb - distaff - flaxen - flax-lily - hackle - heckle - leno - line - line - linen - linnet - linoleic acid - linoleum - linseed - lint - New Zealand flax - phormium - poi - ret - sackcloth - scutch - spindle - swingle - tow

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