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    Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, Linum usitatissimum, in the family Linaceae. It is cultivated as a food and fiber crop...
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  • 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...
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  • Hollis Partridge "Holly" Scott (née Flax) is a fictional character from the US television series The Office, played by Amy Ryan. She is an original character...
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    Linen (category Flax)
    Linen (/ˈlɪnən/) is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant. Linen is very strong and absorbent and dries faster than cotton. Because of these...
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    Linseed oil (redirect from Flax seed oil)
    as flaxseed oil or flax oil (in its edible form), is a colourless to yellowish oil obtained from the dried, ripened seeds of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum)...
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    Linum lewisii (redirect from Lewis flax)
    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...
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    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...
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  • Toadflax (redirect from Toad-flax)
    Toadflax is the common name of several related genera of plants in the family Plantaginaceae, including: Anarrhinum Antirrhinum, also called snapdragon...
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    Asbestos (redirect from Earth flax)
    Asbestos (/æsˈbɛstəs, æz-, -tɒs/ ass-BES-təs, az-, -⁠toss) is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral. There are six types, all of which are composed...
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    Linum bienne (redirect from Pale Flax)
    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Linum perenne (redirect from Perennial Flax)
    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...
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  • Camelina oil (redirect from False flax oil)
    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...
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    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...
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  • Flax is the surname behind a group of art supply stores spread across the United States. As of January 2024, Flax family owned and operated specialty...
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    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...
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  • The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California, United States. California Pizza Kitchen introduced...
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    Daphne gnidium (commonly known as the flax-leaved daphne) is a poisonous evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean region with narrow, dense dark-green foliage...
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  • 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...
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    Linum sulcatum (redirect from Grooved flax)
    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...
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  • 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...
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    derived from biological origins, for example fibers from crops (cotton, flax or hemp), recycled wood, waste paper, crop processing byproducts or regenerated...
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    Phormium (redirect from NZ flax)
    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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)...
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  • Flax Pond may refer to: Flax Pond (Bourne, Massachusetts) in Nickerson State Park Flax Pond (Brewster, Massachusetts) Flax Pond (Lynn, Massachusetts) Flax...
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  • 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...
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    Santolina rosmarinifolia, the holy flax, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to south western Europe. It is a dense...
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