Definition of: flax

(flaks) noun
1. An annual plant (genus Linum) with stems about two feet high and blue flowers, having a mucilaginous seed, called flaxseed or linseed, and an inner bark which yields the flax of commerce.
2. The soft fiber obtained from the bark of the flax plant, used in the manufacture of linen.
3. Any plant resembling flax.
—v.t. & v.i. To beat or thrash.
—to flax around U.S. Colloq. To stir about busily.
—to flax out U.S. Colloq.
1. To knock out; beat, as in a fight.
2. To become fatigued or exhausted. [OE fleax]
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