A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds.

plural of flax

A surname.

plural of Flax

(New Zealand) The flowering stem of the New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax or Phormium cookianum). / (Australia, slang, obsolete) A New Zealander.

A worker who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle; a hackler

plural of flax-stick

(US, Native American culture) A large talisman consisting of an arch of woven twigs with flax cord and beads suspended beneath it.

Any of the several flowering plants of the genus Camelina, especially Camelina sativa, which is cultivated for oil.

Phormium colensoi, a perennial plant native to New Zealand. / Polygala senega, Seneca root. / A fibrous form of asbestos.