flax

flax has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed.
• n.. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
• n.. plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem
• n.. fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric