A widely cultivated plant, Linum usitatissimum, having pale blue flowers, seeds that yield linseed oil, and slender stems from which a textile fiber is obtained.
The fine, light-colored textile fiber obtained from this plant.
Any of various other plants of the genus Linum or of similar or related genera.
A pale grayish yellow.
[Middle English, from Old English fleax; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]
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