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Species of flowering plant
Flax, also known as common flax or line, is a flowering plant, Linum usitatissimum, in the family Linaceae. It is cultivated as a food and fiber crop
Flax
Topics referred to by the same term
up flax in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flax (Linum usitatissimum) is a plant cultivated for food and fiber in cooler regions of the world. Flax may
Flax_(disambiguation)
Fictional character from the American television series The Office
Hollis Partridge "Holly" Scott (née Flax) is a fictional character from the American television series The Office, played by Amy Ryan. She is an original
Holly_Flax
Textile made from spun flax fibre
Linen (/ˈlɪnən/) is a textile made from the bast fibers of the flax plant. Linen cloth has been produced since ancient times primarily for use in clothing
Linen
Index of plants with the same common name
Golden flax is a common name for several plants in the flax family (Linaceae), and may refer to: Flax, the golden colored seeds produced by some forms
Golden_flax
Carcinogenic fibrous silicate mineral
Asbestos or asbestus (/æsˈbɛstəs, æz-, -tɒs/ ass-BES-təs, az-, -toss) is a group of naturally occurring, fibrous silicate minerals that have been used
Asbestos
Index of plants with the same common name
Blue flax is a common name of several species in the genus Linum (flax): Linum lewisii, native to western North America Linum narbonense, native to Europe
Blue_flax
Trademark
the Belgian Flax and Linen Association, a trade association that represents over 1,500 artisans and companies that grow and transform flax in Belgium.
Belgian_Linen
Genus of flowering plants
known in New Zealand as flax or their Māori names wharariki and harakeke respectively, and elsewhere as New Zealand flax or flax lily, but they are not
Phormium
Combing process used to clean and straighten scutched flax or other bast fibers
dressing flax, or preparing the fibers to be spun. It splits and straightens the flax fibers, as well as removes the fibrous core and impurities. Flax is pulled
Heckling_(flax)
Oil obtained from the dried, ripened seeds of the flax plant
as flaxseed oil or flax oil (in its edible form), is a colorless to yellowish oil obtained from the dried, ripened seeds of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum)
Linseed_oil
Plant species in the flax family
Linum lewisii (Linum perenne var. lewisii) (Lewis flax, blue flax or prairie flax) is a perennial plant in the family Linaceae, native to western North
Linum_lewisii
Species of flowering plant
Linum catharticum, also known as purging flax, or fairy flax, is an herbaceous flowering plant in the family Linaceae, native to Great Britain, Iceland
Linum_catharticum
Plant species in the family
grandiflorum is a species of flax known by several common names, including flowering flax, red flax, scarlet flax, and crimson flax. It is native to Algeria
Linum_grandiflorum
Color
Flax or flaxen is a pale yellowish-gray, the color of straw or unspun dressed flax. The first recorded use of flax as a color name in English was in 1915
Flax_(color)
Topics referred to by the same term
Flax Pond may refer to: Flax Pond (Bourne, Massachusetts) in Nickerson State Park Flax Pond (Brewster, Massachusetts) Flax Pond (Lynn, Massachusetts) Flax
Flax_Pond
Species of flowering plant
Phormium tenax (called flax in New Zealand English; harakeke in Māori; New Zealand flax outside New Zealand; and New Zealand hemp in historical nautical
Phormium_tenax
Fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
The Flax (Danish: Hørren) is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about the development and use of the flax plant. The story was first published in
The_Flax
Musical artist
Lauren Flax is an American DJ, songwriter, and record producer. Flax currently is a member of the Brooklyn-based band Creep with Lauren Dillard. Flax was
Lauren_Flax
Fictional character in NBC's The Office
end of the seventh season, he marries human resources representative Holly Flax and moves to Colorado with her in "Goodbye, Michael", an extended episode
Michael_Scott_(The_Office)
American art supply store chain
Flax is a group of art supply stores spread across the United States. As of January 2024, Flax family owned and operated specialty retail stores are located
Flax_Art_Supply_Stores
Grade I listed former factory building in Shropshire, England
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings (previously the Ditherington Flax Mill), is a flax mill located in Ditherington, a suburb of Shrewsbury, England. It was
Shrewsbury_Flaxmill_Maltings
Species of flowering plant
Phormium colensoi (syn. Phormium cookianum – see below), also called mountain flax, or wharariki in Māori, is a perennial plant that is endemic to New Zealand
Phormium_colensoi
Species of flowering plant
Linum sulcatum, common names yellow flax, grooved yellow flax, grooved flax, and yellow wild flax is a plant native to the United States and Canada. It
Linum_sulcatum
Species of weevil endemic to New Zealand
Anagotus fairburni or Flax weevil is a large flightless weevil. It feeds on leaves of New Zealand flax species where it produces a characteristic feeding
Flax_weevil
American restaurant chain
The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California, United States. California Pizza Kitchen introduced
California_Pizza_Kitchen
Index of plants with the same common name
Yellow flax is a common name for several plants in the flax family (Linaceae) and may refer to: Linum flavum, native to central and southern Europe Linum
Yellow_flax
Flax fibre (Phormium) in New Zealand
In New Zealand English, the term flax describes the common New Zealand perennial plants Phormium tenax and Phormium colensoi, known by the Māori names
Flax_in_New_Zealand
American aeronautical engineer and government official
Alexander Henry Flax (January 18, 1921 – June 30, 2014) was the Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) from 1959 to 1961, Assistant Secretary of
Alexander_H._Flax
Grain mill in County Donegal, Ireland
Newmills Corn and Flax Mills (Irish: An Muileann Úr – Muilte Arbhair agus Lín) is a grain mill located in County Donegal, Ireland. The mill is situated
Newmills_Corn_and_Flax_Mills
Genus of flowering plants
flax Linum album Linum alpinum Linum arboreum – tree flax Linum arenicola – sand flax Linum aristatum – bristle flax Linum australe – southern flax Linum
Linum
Flax Pond is a tidal estuary located in Old Field, New York, on the north shore of Long Island. As a 146-acre (0.59 km2) salt marsh, Flax Pond is a natural
Flax_Pond_(New_York)
American hammer thrower (born 1963)
Kenneth Flax (born April 20, 1963) is a retired American Olympic hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 80.02 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Modesto
Ken_Flax
Pressed seed oil derived from Camelina sativa
Camelina oil or False flax oil is a pressed seed oil, derived from the Camelina sativa or false flax, also called gold of pleasure. False flax has long been grown
Camelina_oil
of flax (Linum usitatissimum) and other oilseed crops peak in the temperate climates of the middle mountain and hill farming regions in Nepal. Flax matures
Flax_production_in_Nepal
American jazz musician
Marty Flax, born Martin Flachsenhaar Jr. in New York City (October 7, 1924 – July 3, 1972) was an American jazz saxophonist. Flax also played flute, clarinet
Marty_Flax
Species of flowering plant
usually known as camelina, gold-of-pleasure, or false flax, but also occasionally as wild flax, linseed dodder, German sesame, or Siberian oilseed. It
Camelina_sativa
Index of plants with the same common name
Flax lily may refer to two different plant genera: Dianella (plant) Phormium This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic groups)
Flax_lily
Food produced from flax
Воьта) is a Chechen national dish of flax seeds. A thick liquid paste-like mass obtained from roasted or simply dried flax seeds, ground in a mill. It has
Vieta_(dish)
Human settlement in England
Flax Bourton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. The parish, with a population of 715, is within the unitary authority of North Somerset
Flax_Bourton
Plant species in the flax family
Linum perenne, the perennial flax, blue flax or lint, is a flowering plant in the family Linaceae, native to Europe, primarily in the Alps and locally
Linum_perenne
Flax Island was an island located by Otego, New York, on the Susquehanna River below the mouth of Flax Island Creek. In a deed from 1807 it is called Flax
Flax_Island
Carol Flax is an American artist who specializes in representational collage, or “Cut Paper Mosaics” as she describes. Flax lives in Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Carol_Flax
Species of flowering plant
Dianella tasmanica, commonly known as the Tasman flax-lily or Tasmanian flax-lily, is a herbaceous strappy perennial herb of the family Asphodelaceae
Dianella_tasmanica
Type of Dutch cheese
The name translates to "flax cheese" but there is no flax in the cheese. The name is in honor of the historic importance of flax in the Dutch economy. Mogannam
Vlaskaas
Disused railway station in England
Flax Bourton railway station was a railway station on the Bristol to Exeter line, 5 miles 49 chains (9.03 km) from Bristol Temple Meads, serving the village
Flax_Bourton_railway_station
Genus of flowering plants
flowering plants in the monocot family Asphodelaceae, commonly known as flax lilies. Plants in this genus are tufted herbs with more or less linear leaves
Dianella_(plant)
Species of tree
Australia. It is commonly known as snow-in-summer, narrow-leaved paperbark, flax-leaved paperbark and in the language of the Gadigal people as budjur. A hardy
Melaleuca_linariifolia
Species of flowering plant
narrowleaf flax, is a flowering plant in the genus Linum, native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe, north to England and Ireland. Pale flax grows
Linum_bienne
Nonprofit founded in 1899
organization for Västra Götaland County launched a flax revival project named "1 kvm lin" (1 square metre of flax), attracting 700 participants in that region
Swedish Handicraft Association
Swedish_Handicraft_Association
Part of the United Kingdom
The logo for the Northern Ireland assembly is based on the flower of the flax plant.
Northern_Ireland
Varieties of the color white
color name in English was in 1925. Flax #EEDC82 The color flax is displayed at left. The first recorded use of flax as a color name in English was in 1915
Shades_of_white
Species of flowering plant
Linum arenicola, known as sand flax, is a flowering plant in the flax family, Linaceae. It is endemic to Florida in the United States, where it is considered
Linum_arenicola
Species of plant
bones, devil's flax, devil's flower, doggies, dragon bushes, eggs and bacon (but see Lotus corniculatus), eggs and butter, false flax, flaxweed, fluellen
Linaria_vulgaris
Genus of moths
Fibiger, 2011 Flax poseidon Fibiger, 2011 Flax tempuensis Fibiger, 2011 Flax neptun Fibiger, 2011 Flax brevipennis Fibiger, 2011 Flax bibrevipennis Fibiger
Flax_(moth)
Process of separating and cleaning vegetable fiber before spinning
Scutching is a step in the processing of cotton or the dressing of flax or hemp in preparation for spinning. The scutching process separates the impurities
Scutching
British Virgin Islands politician
Shereen D. Flax-Charles is a British Virgin Islands politician. She is an At-large representative for the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands
Shereen_Flax-Charles
1990 film by Richard Benjamin
won a Young Artist Award for her performance. In 1963 Oklahoma, Charlotte Flax is a 15-year-old whose carefree 31-year-old single mother, Rachel, relocates
Mermaids_(1990_film)
Index of plants with the same common name
Toadflax is the common name of several related genera of plants in the family Plantaginaceae, including: Anarrhinum Antirrhinum, also called snapdragon
Toadflax
Species of flowering plant
Linum austriacum, Asian flax, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Linaceae. Its native range is Eastern Central Europe to Western and
Linum_austriacum
Species of flowering plant
Linum intercursum, common names sandplain flax and sandplain wild flax, is a perennial plant native to the United States. It is listed as endangered in
Linum_intercursum
Color
yellow color that resembles culinary mustard. It is similar to the color Flax. The first recorded use of mustard as a color name in English was in 1886
Mustard_(color)
Coarse and broken fibre
broken fibre, removed during the processing of flax, hemp, or jute and separated from the shives. Flax tows are often used as upholstery stuffing and
Tow_(fibre)
Species of flowering plant
Cuscuta epilinum is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Convolvulaceae. Its native range is Iran to Central Asia and was introduced into
Cuscuta_epilinum
Species of bird
the scientific name, Linaria, from its fondness for hemp seeds and flax seeds—flax being the English name of the plant from which linen is made. In 1758
Common_linnet
Series of novels by Henry Williamson
The Flax of Dream is a novel tetralogy by the English writer Henry Williamson. It portrays Willie Maddison and his career in rural Devon, as he tries to
The_Flax_of_Dream
Textile mill processing flax
Flax mills are mills which process flax. The earliest mills were developed for spinning yarn for the linen industry. John Kendrew (an optician) and Thomas
Flax_mill
Topics referred to by the same term
Flaxen generally describes things that are made of flax, or have the color of unspun dressed flax — a pale yellowish-gray. Uses include: Flaxen, a variant
Flaxen
Brand name for linen woven in Ireland
Ireland and Northern Ireland). Linen is cloth woven from, or yarn spun from, flax fibre, which was grown in Ireland for many years before advanced agricultural
Irish_linen
Composite material reinforced by natural fibers
derived from biological origins, for example fibers from crops (cotton, flax or hemp), recycled wood, waste paper, crop processing byproducts or regenerated
Biocomposite
City in West Yorkshire, England
villages and towns in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping,
Leeds
Capital city of New South Wales, Australia
Asia-Pacific region and its potential to provide much-needed timber and flax for the navy. The First Fleet of 11 ships under the command of Captain Arthur
Sydney
Island country in the Pacific Ocean
New Zealand's economy, focusing at different times on sealing, whaling, flax, gold, kauri gum, and native timber. The first shipment of refrigerated meat
New_Zealand
Species of moth
Orthoclydon praefectata, the flax looper moth or flax window maker, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. The wing span of
Orthoclydon_praefectata
Chemical compound
alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) (from Greek alpha denoting "first" and linon meaning flax), is an n−3, or omega-3, essential fatty acid. ALA is found in many seeds
Α-Linolenic_acid
1943 WWII battle in Tunisia
Operation Flax was an Allied air operation during the Tunisian campaign, as part of the larger North African campaign of the Second World War. Flax was intended
Operation_Flax
1955 East German TV series or program
Flax und Krümel was an East German television series for children, broadcast between 1955 and 1970. The series was created by puppeteers Heinz and Ingeburg
Flax_und_Krümel
Original agricultural crops
and barley), four pulses (lentil, pea, chickpea, and bitter vetch), and flax. Subsequent research has indicated that many other species could be considered
Founder_crops
River in New York, United States
Flax Island Creek is a river located in southern Otsego County, New York. The creek converges with the Susquehanna River by Otego, New York. Flax Island
Flax_Island_Creek
Type of biological mimicry in plants
properties of the seed. The gold-of-pleasure or false flax (Camelina sativa linicola) looks much like the flax plant Linum usitatissimum, and occurs alongside
Vavilovian_mimicry
American actress (born 1968)
played Beadie Russell in the HBO crime series The Wire (2002–2008) and Holly Flax in the NBC sitcom The Office (2008–2011), and has also featured in the HBO
Amy_Ryan
Town in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
local Flax Stripper Museum tells the history of the once thriving flax industry, and claims Foxton as the Flax Capital of New Zealand. NZ Flax (Phormium
Foxton,_New_Zealand
American mockumentary sitcom (2005–2013)
father figure in her life. A story arc at the end of season four has Holly Flax (Amy Ryan) transferred to the office as Toby's replacement. She becomes a
The Office (American TV series)
The_Office_(American_TV_series)
Species of flax
Linum strictum, commonly known as rigid flax, upright flax, and upright yellow flax, is a species of flax with a rigid stem, from whence it derives its
Linum_strictum
1376) Hafnium LightBasin (Also known as UNC1945) Tropic Trooper Volt Typhoon Flax Typhoon Charcoal Typhoon (also known as CHROMIUM) Salmon Typhoon (also known
Cyberwarfare_and_China
Genus of beetles
Hoangus venustus, commonly known as the flax ladybird, is a species of ladybird beetle that is endemic to New Zealand. It is widespread in the North Island
Hoangus
The Flax Roughers' and Yarn Spinners' Trade Union was a trade union representing lower-paid workers in the flax industry in the north of Ireland. The
Flax Roughers' and Yarn Spinners' Trade Union
Flax_Roughers'_and_Yarn_Spinners'_Trade_Union
Family of flowering plants
largest genus of the Linoideae is Linum, the flaxes, with 180–200 species including the cultivated flax, L. usitatissimum. Members of the Linoideae include
Linaceae
Suburb of Shrewsbury, England
demolished and acquired by the nearby Flax Mill, although, as of June 2025, it is still undeveloped. The Flax Mill (also locally known as the "Maltings")
Ditherington
century it was the location of flax mills that operated on the banks of the Manawatū River. Flax fibre from New Zealand flax or harekeke, was an important
Makerua_Swamp
Species of flowering plant
Dianella revoluta, commonly known as blueberry lily, blue flax-lily, or black-anther flax-lily, a species of flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae
Dianella_revoluta
Species of flowering plant
multiple seed production. It is also known as, 'flax seed', 'thyme leaved flaxseed', and 'thousand seeded flax'. In Swedish, it is known as 'dvärglin'. It
Radiola_linoides
20th-century American labor leader
Abram Flaxer (1904-1989) was an American union leader who founded the State, County, and Municipal Workers of America (SCMWA), which merged with the United
Abram_Flaxer
The Tanta Flax and Oil Company is an Egypt-based manufacturer of flax products in the city of Tanta, Gharbia Governorate. Founded in 1954, the company
Tanta_Flax_and_Oil_Company
Chemical treatment for cellulosic yarns
textile finishing treatment for cellulose fabric and yarn, mainly cotton and flax, which improves dye uptake and tear strength, reduces fabric shrinkage, and
Mercerisation
Stick or staff for holding fibre to be spun
untangled and thus easing the spinning process. It is most commonly used to hold flax and sometimes wool, but can be used for any type of fibre. Fiber is wrapped
Distaff
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809
profitable. He tried to achieve self-sufficiency with wheat, vegetables, flax, corn, hogs, sheep, poultry, and cattle, but he lived perpetually beyond
Thomas_Jefferson
Species of moth
Flax lueneborgi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in Papua New Guinea (it was described from Dyaul
Flax_lueneborgi
originally co-written and released in 2009 by American DJ/producer Lauren Flax, which was then re-recorded for Sia's 2010 album, We Are Born. The single
You've_Changed_(Sia_song)
Type of floor covering
cut up and mixed into new batches of the linoleum cement. One of the main flax sources for the linseed oil used in linoleum's manufacturing is Canada due
Linoleum
FLAX
FLAX
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Lyford in south Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire), named in Old English as ‘flax-ford’, from līn ‘flax’ + ford ‘ford’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Devon, Oxfordshire, and Wiltshire named Lynam, from Old English lÄ«n ‘flax’ + hÄm ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.Irish : English surname adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic Ó Laidhghneáin (see Linehan).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a worker in the linen or hemp industry, from Middle English swingle ‘swingle’, a wooden implement used for beating flax or hemp (Middle Dutch swinghel, from the verb ‘to swing’).Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Zwingel, a topographic name from Middle High German zwingel ‘citadel’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places called Lindon in Lincolnshire, Linden End, Haddenham, in Cambridgeshire, or Lyndon, Rutland, all named from Old English lind ‘lime tree’ or līn ‘flax’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a flax grower or dealer or for someone who processed it for weaving (see Flax).Probably a respelling of German Flachsmann, of the same meaning as 1, from Middle High German vlahs ‘flax’ + man ‘man’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Flax.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Lingart, Lancashire, or Lingards Wood in Marsden, West Yorkshire, both named from Old English līn ‘flax’ + garðr ‘enclosure’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for an extractor or seller of oil, from a metathesized form of Anglo-Norman French olier (from oile ‘oil’, Latin oleum ‘(olive) oil’; compare Oliva). In northern England linseed oil obtained from locally grown flax was more common than olive oil.English : from the Continental Germanic personal name Odilard, Oilard, introduced by the Normans.Americanized spelling of German Euler or of Swabian Äuler, a topographic name for someone who lived by a water meadow, Äule, a diminutive of Au.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a wool or flax comber, Middle English kem(be)stere (an agent derivative of Old English cemban ‘to comb’). Although this was originally a feminine form of the masculine kembere, by the Middle English period the suffix -stre had lost its feminine force, and the term was used to refer to both sexes. Compare Baxter, Brewster, Dexter.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a dresser of flax, from Middle English lynet, lynt ‘flax’.Dutch : from a short form of a Germanic name formed with lind (see Linde 1).Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a linen weaver or merchant.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places in West Yorkshire called Lindley, or from Linley in Shropshire and Wiltshire, all named from Old English līn ‘flax’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’, with epenthetic -d-, or from another Lindley in West Yorkshire (near Otley), named in Old English as ‘lime wood’, from lind ‘lime tree’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Lindley in Leicestershire probably also has this origin, and is a further possible source of the surname.German : habitational name from places in Bavaria and Hannover called Lindloh, meaning ‘lime grove’, or a topographic name with the same meaning (see Linde + Loh).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English rote ‘glad’ (Old English rÅt).English : metonymic occupational name for a player on the rote, an early medieval stringed instrument (Middle English, Old French rote, of uncertain origin but apparently ultimately akin to Welsh crwth).Dutch : topographic name for someone who lived by a retting place (Dutch root, a derivative of ro(o)ten ‘to ret’, akin to modern English rot), a place where flax is soaked in tubs of water until the stems rot to release the linen fibers.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cheshire)
English (Cheshire) : from Middle English hekel ‘heckle’, an implement for combing or scutching flax or hemp for spinning, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used heckles.French (Alsace; Hecklé) : from a diminutive of German Heck 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Lanier 1.Dutch : variant of Leonard.Jewish (western Ashkenazic) : name taken by someone who was good at chanting the Pentateuch at public worship in the synagogue or who regularly did so, from West Yiddish layner ‘reader’ (a derivative of West Yiddish laynen ‘to read’, which comes ultimately from Latin legere ‘to read’).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a flax grower or merchant, from German Lein ‘flax’ + agent suffix -er.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : from Middle High German lins(e) ‘lentil’, presumably a metonymic occupational nickname for a grower of lentils.German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with Old High German lint ‘snake’ or linta ‘linden tree’, ‘shield’.English (Staffordshire) : unexplained. Possibly a variant of Lynes.Latvian : possibly from lins ‘flax’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name possibly from any of three places in Devon called Lincombe, named in Old English with līn ‘flax’ or lind ‘lime tree’ + cumb ‘valley’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Great and Little Linford in Buckinghamshire or Lynford in Norfolk. The former may have Old English hlyn ‘maple’ as its first element; the latter is more likely to contain līn ‘flax’. The second element in each case is Old English ford ‘ford’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the female personal name Elizabeth. Compare Hibbs 2.English : nickname for someone with very fair hair or skin, from Middle English, Old English lilie ‘lily’ (Latin lilium). The Italian equivalent Giglio was used as a personal name in the Middle Ages. In English and other languages there has also been some confusion with forms of Giles.English : habitational name from places called Lilley, in Hertfordshire and Berkshire. The Hertfordshire place was named in Old English as ‘flax-glade’, from līn ‘flax’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Berkshire name is from Old English Lillinglēah ‘wood associated with Lilla’, an Old English personal name.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia) and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English (East Anglia) and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for someone who grew, sold, or treated flax for weaving into linen cloth, from (respectively) Middle English flax, German Flachs.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle English hekel ‘to comb (flax or hemp) with a heckle’.South German : occupational name for someone who used a small hoe, from a diminutive of Middle High German hacke hoe + the agent suffix -er.German : variant of Häckler (see Hackler).
FLAX
FLAX
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Sermon.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Well Wisher
Boy/Male
Hindu
Decision, Confirmed
Girl/Female
Arabic, Bengali, French, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Female Deer; Doe
Girl/Female
Indian
Grass, Immortal one
Boy/Male
Tamil
Tisyaketu | திஸà¯à®¯à®•à¯‡à®¤à¯
Lord Shiva
Girl/Female
German
Noble; Kind
Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada
Ecstasy Person
Girl/Female
English
Joy. Cheer.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, Dutch, English, French, Greek, Latin, Portuguese, Shakespearean
Strong; Courageous; Healthy
FLAX
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n.
The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
n.
The seed of the flax; linseed.
v. t.
To comb or card, as wool or flax.
v. t.
To beat; to break, as flax or hemp.
v. t.
To rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rot hemp or flax.
n.
The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
v. t.
To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot.
v. t.
To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2.
v.
An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
a.
Like flax; flaxen.
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A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
a.
Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair.
v. t.
To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
n.
An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or cotton; etc.; a scutch; a scutching machine.
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A woven band of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bed bottoms, etc.
v. t.
To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
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An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted.
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A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking.
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Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.
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A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.