flax

flax
noun

[mass noun]a blue-flowered herbaceous plant that is cultivated for its seed (linseed) and for textile fibre made from its stalks
亚麻
Linum usitatissimum, family Linaceae
拉丁名 Linum usitatissimum，亚麻科
■textile fibre obtained from this plant
亚麻纤维
a mill for the preparation and spinning of flax.
亚麻加工纺织厂。
■used in names of other plants of the flax family (e.g. purging flax) or plants that yield similar fibre (e.g. false flax)
［用于其他亚麻科植物或产出类似纤维的植物名称中，前者如purging flax，后者如false flax］
■(亦作New Zealand flax). another term for flax-lily
同 flax-lily

语源

Old English flæx, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlas and German Flachs, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin plectere and Greek plekein 'to plait, twist'

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