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Flax

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.

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Herb 76% connected

A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

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Linen 70% connected

Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.

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Angiosperm noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Annual noun · 86% connection

(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

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Apophysis noun · 86% connection

(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

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Bast noun · 86% connection

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

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Biennial noun · 86% connection

(botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usuall…

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Blister noun · 86% connection

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

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Callus noun · 86% connection

(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

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Calyx noun · 86% connection

(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and support…

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Coma noun · 86% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Corolla noun · 86% connection

(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…

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Corona noun · 86% connection

(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower

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Embryo noun · 86% connection

(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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Fern noun · 86% connection

any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by s…

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Flowering plant noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Germ tube noun · 86% connection

(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination

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Leaf node noun · 86% connection

(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge

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Ligule noun · 86% connection

(botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap

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Lip noun · 86% connection

(botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx

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Ageratum noun · 78% connection

any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plant, genus, linum, usitatissimum, single.
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Asparagus noun · 78% connection

A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceae, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlet…

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Bise noun · 78% connection

A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plant, genus, linum, usitatissimum, single.
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Blaubok noun · 78% connection

The blue buck. See Blue buck, under Blue.

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Blue superl. · 78% connection

Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; b…

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Bluebell noun · 78% connection

A plant of the genus Campanula, especially the Campanula rotundifolia, which bears blue bell-shaped flowers; the harebell.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plant, genus, linum, usitatissimum, single.
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Bractlet noun · 78% connection

A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plant, genus, linum, usitatissimum, single.
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Chalcanthite noun · 78% connection

Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plant, genus, linum, usitatissimum, single.
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Chicory noun · 78% connection

A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated f…

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Crown-imperial noun · 78% connection

A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped f…

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Foot noun · 78% connection

The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extrem…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plant, genus, linum, usitatissimum, single.
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Gastrocybe lateritia noun · 78% connection

a species of Gastrocybe fungus that has a conic cap and a thin stalk; at first the stalk is upright but as it matures the stalk bends…

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