"flax" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /flæks/, /flɛks/ [dialectal, obsolete] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flax.wav [Southern-England] Forms: flaxes [plural]
Rhymes: -æks Etymology: From Middle English flax, from Old English fleax, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait”). Cognate with Old Frisian flax, Dutch vlas, Old High German flahs (German Flachs); the Northern Germanic (and most likely the Gothic too) stem is different. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flax}} Middle English flax, {{inh|en|ang|fleax}} Old English fleax, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*flahsą}} Proto-Germanic *flahsą, {{der|en|ine-pro|*pleḱ-||to plait}} Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait”), {{cog|ofs|flax}} Old Frisian flax, {{cog|nl|vlas}} Dutch vlas, {{cog|goh|flahs}} Old High German flahs, {{cog|de|Flachs}} German Flachs Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flax (countable and uncountable, plural flaxes)
  1. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-flax-en-noun-Mo-XcMY6
  2. The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fibers Translations (the fibers): λίνον (línon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), лен (len) [masculine] (Bulgarian), lli [masculine] (Catalan), vlas [neuter] (Dutch), pellava (Finnish), lin [masculine] (French), liño [masculine] (Galician), freba [feminine] (Galician), Flachs [masculine] (German), Flachsfaser [feminine] (German), Leinen [neuter] (German), λινάρι (linári) [neuter] (Greek), અળસી (aḷsī) [feminine] (Gujarati), lino [masculine] (Italian), ಅಗಸೆನಾರು (agasenāru) (Kannada), lini [plural] (Latvian), lan [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), лен (len) [masculine] (Macedonian), lîn [masculine] (Norman), lin [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), hør [masculine, obsolete] (Norwegian Bokmål), کتان (katân) (Persian), len [masculine] (Polish), filaça [feminine] (Portuguese), in [neuter] (Romanian), лён (ljon) [masculine] (Russian), filasa [feminine] (Spanish), lin [neuter] (Swedish), sulid (Tagalog), льон (lʹon) [masculine] (Ukrainian), lanh (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-flax-en-noun-fIrorWES Disambiguation of Fibers: 17 50 32 Disambiguation of 'the fibers': 13 67 20
  3. The 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Flax, Malpighiales order plants
    Sense id: en-flax-en-noun-V3MQsFYF Disambiguation of Flax: 25 17 58 Disambiguation of Malpighiales order plants: 31 18 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 27 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 15 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Flax Bourton, linen, tow Translations (plant): 𒃰 (kitûm) [masculine] (Akkadian), li [masculine] (Albanian), κάρπασος (kárpasos) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), λίνον (línon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), كَتَّان (kattān) [masculine] (Arabic), كتان (kittān) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), كتان (kattān) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), ܟܬܢܐ (/⁠kittānā⁠/) [masculine] (Aramaic), ܟܝܬܢܐ (/⁠kittānā⁠/) [masculine] (Aramaic), ܟܬܢܐ (kettānā) [Classical-Syriac, masculine] (Aramaic), ܩܛܘ (qeṭaw) [Classical-Syriac, masculine] (Aramaic), כִּיתָּנָא (kittānā) [masculine] (Aramaic), վուշ (vuš) (Armenian), ljin (Aromanian), adi kətan (Azerbaijani), liho (Basque), лён (ljon) [masculine] (Belarusian), তিসি (tiśi) (Bengali), лен (len) [masculine] (Bulgarian), lli [masculine] (Catalan), 亞麻 (Chinese Mandarin), 亚麻 (yàmá) (Chinese Mandarin), len [masculine] (Czech), hør [common-gender] (Danish), vlas [neuter] (Dutch), сюс (śus) (Erzya), lino (Esperanto), lina (Estonian), lín [neuter] (Faroese), hørur [masculine] (Faroese), pellava (Finnish), lin [masculine] (French), lin [masculine] (Friulian), liño [masculine] (Galician), სელი (seli) (Georgian), Flachs [masculine] (German), Lein [masculine] (German), λινάρι (linári) [neuter] (Greek), અળસી (aḷsī) [feminine] (Gujarati), פִּשְׁתָּן (pištā́n) [masculine] (Hebrew), פִּשְׁתָּה (pištā́) [feminine] (Hebrew), len (Hungarian), lín [neuter] (Icelandic), lino [masculine] (Italian), 亜麻 (ama) (alt: あま) (Japanese), ಅಗಸೆನಾರು (agasenāru) (Kannada), ការច្នៃ (kaacnay) (Khmer), 아마 (ama) (alt: 亞麻) (Korean), lyns [masculine] (Latgalian), līnum [neuter] (Latin), lins [masculine] (Latvian), linas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Flass [masculine] (Low German), lan [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), лен (len) [masculine] (Macedonian), flaks (Malay), flax (Middle English), lîn [masculine] (Norman), lin [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), hør [masculine, obsolete] (Norwegian Bokmål), lin [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lin [masculine] (Occitan), վուշ (vuš) (Old Armenian), կտաւ (ktaw) (Old Armenian), fleax (Old English), كتان (kettan) (Ottoman Turkish), کتان (katân) (Persian), وش (vaš) (Persian), زغر (zeğer) (english: Afghanistan) (Persian), len [masculine] (Polish), linho [masculine] (Portuguese), 𐤐𐤔𐤕 (pišt) [masculine] (Punic), in [masculine] (Romanian), лён (ljon) [masculine] (Russian), उमा (umā) [masculine] (Sanskrit), linu [masculine] (Sardinian), lint (Scots), ла̏н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lȁn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ľan [masculine] (Slovak), lan [masculine] (Slovene), кӱдели (küdeli) (Southern Altai), кеден (keden) (Southern Altai), lino [masculine] (Spanish), 𒃰 (gada) (Sumerian), Lãẽ (Swabian), lin [neuter] (Swedish), гиниб (ginib) (Tabasaran), ஆளி (āḷi) (Tamil), keten (Turkish), 𐎖𐎉 (qṭ) [masculine] (Ugaritic), льон (lʹon) [masculine] (Ukrainian), zigʻir (Uzbek), lanh (Vietnamese), linum (Volapük), llin (Welsh)
Derived forms: blue flax, false flax, flax bow, flax-dresser, flaxen, flax-leaved daphne, flax milk, flax seed, flax-stick, holy flax, Lewis flax, mountain flax, New Zealand flax (taxonomic: Phormium spp.) Disambiguation of 'plant': 50 0 50

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "كَتَّان"
    },
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      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "roman": "kittān",
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    {
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      "word": "ܟܝܬܢܐ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "liho"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "sense": "plant",
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      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "bn",
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      "roman": "tiśi",
      "sense": "plant",
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "亞麻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "plant",
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      ],
      "word": "len"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "plant",
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      "word": "hør"
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      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "sense": "plant",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vlas"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "sense": "plant",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "sense": "plant",
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      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "sense": "plant",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hørur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "pellava"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "fur",
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      "sense": "plant",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liño"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "seli",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "სელი"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lein"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "linári",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "roman": "kárpasos",
      "sense": "plant",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "sense": "plant",
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        "neuter"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "gu",
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      "roman": "aḷsī",
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      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "len"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "sense": "plant",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lín"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "plant",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lino"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "roman": "ama",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "亜麻"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
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      "sense": "plant",
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "km",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ការច្នៃ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "alt": "亞麻",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ama",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "아마"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "ltg",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lyns"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lins"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "nds",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Flass"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "roman": "len",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лен"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "flaks"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "flax"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "plant",
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      ],
      "word": "lîn"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "nb",
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        "neuter"
      ],
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      ],
      "word": "hør"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "sense": "plant",
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      ],
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      "word": "lin"
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      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "fleax"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "كتان"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "کتان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vaš",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "وش"
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    {
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      "english": "Afghanistan",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zeğer",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "زغر"
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    {
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      "word": "linho"
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    {
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      "roman": "pišt",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐤐𐤔𐤕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "in"
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    {
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      "roman": "ljon",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "лён"
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      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "उमा"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "linu"
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      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "lint"
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      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "sense": "plant",
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        "masculine"
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      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "plant",
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      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "sense": "plant",
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      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      ],
      "word": "lan"
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      "code": "alt",
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      "sense": "plant",
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "alt",
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      "word": "кеден"
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      "code": "sux",
      "lang": "Sumerian",
      "roman": "gada",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "𒃰"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "swg",
      "lang": "Swabian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "Lãẽ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "sense": "plant",
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      ],
      "word": "lin"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "tab",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "гиниб"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "āḷi",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ஆளி"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "keten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "qṭ",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐎖𐎉"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lʹon",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "льон"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "zigʻir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "lanh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "linum"
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      "_dis1": "50 0 50",
      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "llin"
    }
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}
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      "word": "blue flax"
    },
    {
      "word": "false flax"
    },
    {
      "word": "flax bow"
    },
    {
      "word": "flax-dresser"
    },
    {
      "word": "flaxen"
    },
    {
      "word": "flax-leaved daphne"
    },
    {
      "word": "flax milk"
    },
    {
      "word": "flax seed"
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    {
      "word": "flax-stick"
    },
    {
      "word": "holy flax"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lewis flax"
    },
    {
      "word": "mountain flax"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Phormium spp.",
      "word": "New Zealand flax"
    }
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flahsą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pleḱ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to plait"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "flax"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian flax",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "vlas"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch vlas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "flahs"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German flahs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Flachs"
      },
      "expansion": "German Flachs",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English flax, from Old English fleax, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait”). Cognate with Old Frisian flax, Dutch vlas, Old High German flahs (German Flachs); the Northern Germanic (and most likely the Gothic too) stem is different.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flaxes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "flax (countable and uncountable, plural flaxes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Flax Bourton"
    },
    {
      "word": "linen"
    },
    {
      "word": "tow"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Linum",
          "Linum"
        ],
        [
          "Linum usitatissimum",
          "Linum usitatissimum#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "linseed",
          "linseed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fiber",
          "fiber"
        ],
        [
          "Linum usitatissimum",
          "Linum usitatissimum#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "linen",
          "linen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The 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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/flæks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/flɛks/",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æks"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flax.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-flax.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-flax.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-flax.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-flax.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "akk",
      "lang": "Akkadian",
      "roman": "kitûm",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𒃰"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "li"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kattān",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كَتَّان"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kittān",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kattān",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "كتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Christian Palestinian Aramaic"
      ],
      "roman": "/⁠kittānā⁠/",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܟܬܢܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Christian Palestinian Aramaic"
      ],
      "roman": "/⁠kittānā⁠/",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܟܝܬܢܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "kettānā",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܟܬܢܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "qeṭaw",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܩܛܘ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Jewish Aramaic"
      ],
      "roman": "kittānā",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "כִּיתָּנָא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vuš",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "վուշ"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "vuš",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "վուշ"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "ktaw",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "կտաւ"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ljin"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "adi kətan"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "liho"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ljon",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лён"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "tiśi",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "তিসি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "len",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lli"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "亞麻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yàmá",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "亚麻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "len"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hør"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vlas"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "śus",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "сюс"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "lino"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "lina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lín"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hørur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "pellava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lin"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liño"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "seli",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "სელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Flachs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lein"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "linári",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "λινάρι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kárpasos",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κάρπασος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "línon",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "λίνον"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "aḷsī",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "અળસી"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pištā́n",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פִּשְׁתָּן"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pištā́",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פִּשְׁתָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "len"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lino"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あま",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ama",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "亜麻"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "agasenāru",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ಅಗಸೆನಾರು"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaacnay",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ការច្នៃ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "亞麻",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ama",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "아마"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lyns"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "līnum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lins"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "linas"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Flass"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "len",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "flaks"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "flax"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "hør"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lin"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "fleax"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kettan",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "كتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "katân",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "کتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vaš",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "وش"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "english": "Afghanistan",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zeğer",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "زغر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "len"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "linho"
    },
    {
      "code": "xpu",
      "lang": "Punic",
      "roman": "pišt",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐤐𐤔𐤕"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "in"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljon",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лён"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "umā",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "उमा"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "linu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "lint"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ла̏н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lȁn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ľan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lan"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lan"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "küdeli",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "кӱдели"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "keden",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "кеден"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lino"
    },
    {
      "code": "sux",
      "lang": "Sumerian",
      "roman": "gada",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "𒃰"
    },
    {
      "code": "swg",
      "lang": "Swabian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "Lãẽ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tab",
      "lang": "Tabasaran",
      "roman": "ginib",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "гиниб"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "āḷi",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ஆளி"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "keten"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "qṭ",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐎖𐎉"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lʹon",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "льон"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "zigʻir"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "lanh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "linum"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "llin"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "len",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lli"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vlas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "word": "pellava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lin"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liño"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "freba"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Flachs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Flachsfaser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Leinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "linári",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "λινάρι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "línon",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "λίνον"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "aḷsī",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "અળસી"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lino"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "agasenāru",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "word": "ಅಗಸೆನಾರು"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "lini"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "len",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "hør"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "katân",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "word": "کتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "len"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "filaça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "in"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljon",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лён"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "filasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "word": "sulid"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lʹon",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "льон"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the fibers",
      "word": "lanh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flax"
}

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