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Genus of flax
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linum
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Linum ( flax ) is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae . They are native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. The genus includes the common flax ( L. usitatissimum ), the bast fibre of which is used to ...
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Linum \Li"num\ (l[imac]"n[u^]m), n. [L., flax.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax ( Linum usitatissimum ).
Usage examples of linum.
Oenothera mollissima, 383 Linum Berendieri, nocturnal movement of cotyledons, 298 -- usitatissimum, circumnutation of stem, 203 Lolium perenne, joints affected by apogeotropism, 502 Lonicera brachypoda, hooking of the tip, 272 --, sensitiveness to light, 453 Loomis, Mr.