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flax

  [flaks]
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–noun
1. any plant of the genus Linum, esp. L. usitatissimum, a slender, erect, annual plant having narrow, lance-shaped leaves and blue flowers, cultivated for its fiber and seeds.
2. the fiber of this plant, manufactured into linen yarn for thread or woven fabrics.
3. any of various plants resembling flax.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE fleax; c. D, LG vlas, G Flachs
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Word Origin & History

flax 
O.E. fleax "cloth made with flax, linen," from P.Gmc. *flakhsan (cf. O.Fris. flax, Ger. Flachs), probably from P.Gmc. base *fleh-, corresponding to PIE *plek- "to weave, plait" see ply (v.)). But some connect it with PIE *plak- (see flay) from the notion of "stripping" fiber to prepare it. Flaxen "made of flax" is from O.E. fleaxen; as "the color of flax" (usually with reference to hair) it is attested from 1523.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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