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Linseed meal

Linseed \Lin"seed`\ (l[i^]n"s[=e]d`), n. [OE. lin flax + seed. See Linen.] (Bot.) The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained.

Linseed cake, the solid mass or cake which remains when oil is expressed from flaxseed.

Linseed meal, linseed cake reduced to powder.

Linseed oil, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.

Usage examples of "linseed meal".

When ground up, it is known as linseed meal, which is employed for making poultices.

Formerly linseed meal was always obtained by grinding English oil-cake to powder and contained little oil, but now the crushed seeds, containing all the oil, are official.