flax

flax is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
3. noun. plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem
4. noun. fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in flax:

falx

Common word forms

flaxen, flaxes

Words from these letters

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