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The Meaning of flax
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(n.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed.
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(n.) The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
Rhymes
acts
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ajax
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antitax
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attacks
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axe
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backes
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backs
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bax
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blacks
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borax
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climax
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contacts
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cracks
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dacs
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dax
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earwax
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facts
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fairfax
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fax
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filofax
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galax
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hacks
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halifax
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imax
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impacts
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jaques
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knacks
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knick-knacks
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lacks
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lax
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lomax
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maces
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macks
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macs
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max
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mesothorax
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metathorax
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neoax
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overtax
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packs
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pacs
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pacts
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parallax
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pax
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plaques
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pretax
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racks
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rax
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relax
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sachs
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sacks
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sacs
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saks
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sax
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saxe
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slacks
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smacks
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snacks
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stacks
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surtax
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syntax
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tacks
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tax
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tracks
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wacks
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wax
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whacks
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yax
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zacks