| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  fl ks |
| NOUN: | 1a. 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. b. The fine, light-colored textile fiber obtained from this plant. c. Any of various other plants of the genus Linum or of similar or related genera. 2. A pale grayish yellow. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English fleax. See plek- in Appendix I.
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