Usually means: Fiber-producing plant, used commercially.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. flax: Merriam-Webster
  2. flax: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. flax: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. flax: Collins English Dictionary
  5. flax: Vocabulary.com
  6. Flax, flax: Wordnik
  7. flax: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Flax, flax: Wiktionary
  9. flax: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. flax: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. flax: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Flax, flax: Dictionary.com
  13. flax: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Flax (color), Flax (disambiguation), Flax: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Flax: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. flax: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. flax: Rhymezone
  18. Flax: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. flax: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. flax: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. flax: FreeDictionary.org
  22. flax: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. flax: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. flax: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Crop Abbreviations (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flax: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. flax: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Flax: Easton Bible
  2. Flax: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. flax: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
  2. Flax: Botanical Name listing of Plants
  3. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)
  4. Garden Flower, Shrub and Tree Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Flax: HYPP Zoology

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. flax: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. flax: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. Fabric Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Textile (No longer online)
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  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.
noun:  The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles.
noun:  A flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps.
noun:  A surname.

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