1. flax - Noun
2. Flax - Proper noun
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.
The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAdditionally, flax fibers are naturally smooth and straight. Source: Internet
Although fragile, the construction is clear: it is made of bast fibre (almost certainly flax ) twine; the cords are braided in a 10-strand elliptical sennit and the cradle seems to have been woven from the same lengths of twine used to form the cords. Source: Internet
Day-to-day life comprised agriculture (growing of cereals, vegetable and fruit), crafts (menders, tailors, cobblers, flax manufacturers) and trade (transportation and sale of goods and produce). Source: Internet
Fibres from the stalks of plants, such as hemp, flax, and nettles, are also known as 'bast' fibres. Source: Internet
An experiment in 1874 to produce flax from Phomium Tenax (New Zealand flax) failed (the cultivation of flax recommenced in 1907 and eventually became the island’s largest export). Source: Internet
Dependent upon climatic conditions, characteristics of the sown flax and fields, the flax remains on the ground between two weeks and two months for retting. Source: Internet