FLAX


Meaning of FLAX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ flæks ]

n. 1 a a blue-flowered plant, Linum usitatissimum, cultivated for its textile fibre and its seeds (see LINSEED). b a plant resembling this. 2 a dressed or undressed flax fibres. b archaic linen, cloth of flax. øflax-lily (pl. -ies) NZ any plant of the genus Phormium, yielding valuable fibre. flax-seed linseed. [OE flóx f. WG]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.