flax
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- noun
- /flæks/
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- Adding flax seeds to your breakfast can increase your intake of healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
- flax seeds
- flax oil
- flax plant
We had to end up sort of making our own linen, which comes from the flax plant.
- We had to end up sort of making our own linen, which comes from the flax plant.
- So the others include chia, flax, pumpkin seed, hemp seed, et cetera.
- So we could say chia seeds, hemp seeds, flax, they'd be right up the top.
- Flax seeds or flax seed oil is very good for this.
- I do ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cacao powder, protein powder, flax seeds, hemp seeds.
- Macadamia nuts, walnuts, flax seed, sunflower, Lechin, pomegranate seeds.
- And then like Maple peanut butter, natural yogurt, walnuts, cheese seeds, flax seeds, like that in itself is awesome.
- So if you're looking for the Ala plant sources would be, you know, walnuts, flax seeds, those are probably the highest.
Examples
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Flax is an important crop that is cultivated for its flax seeds and fibers.
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Flax seeds or flax seed oil is very good for this.
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But we need our flax to give us our Omega-3s and fiber.
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I also picked up a loaf of flax seed bread.
Blog text (22) -
Interestingly, the flax plant wasn't native to Egypt.
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So my stepfather has been growing flax, and Mama's been weaving her own quality cloth.
Fiction book (1994) -
Add fiber in the form of flax seeds, chia seeds, rolled oats, or wheat germ.
Blog text (15) -
In 1870, approximately 13,000 acres of flax were reported under cultivation in Vermont (U.S. Bureau of the Census 1872, 265).
Academic text (1991) -
Farmers often grow flax for its oil and linen, benefiting from every part of the plant.
Synonyms
A group of small plants like flax that give fiber and oil
Compounds
- UK
A wild plant with yellow and orange flowers that spreads quickly in fields and roadsides
- Archaic
A machine that separates the woody parts of flax stems from the fibers used to make linen
- Specialized
A group of flowering plants like flax that grow in many parts of the world
- Specialized
A fungus that causes orange spots on flax leaves and damages plants
- Specialized
A plant disease that makes small orange-brown spots on flax leaves and stems
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flax comes from an old English word for the same plant and is like the German Flachs. Picture fields of blue flowers and seeds that give linseed oil and cloth — that is why flax means the plant people grow for linen and oil.