flax

noun

• a blue-flowered herbaceous plant that is cultivated for its seed (linseed) and for textile fiber made from its stalks.

  • Linum usitatissimum, family Linaceae
• textile fiber obtained from the flax plant:a mill for the preparation and spinning of flax
• used in names of other plants of the flax family (e.g., purging flax) or plants that yield similar fiber (e.g., false flax).