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flax [flæks] N no pl

flax

лён m

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Microwavable heating pads are typically made out of a thick insulative fabric such as flannel and filled with grains such as wheat, buckwheat or flax seed. en.wikipedia.org

Living beneath tussocks and mountain flax, these snails have survived summer grazing by sheep and cattle in the past. en.wikipedia.org

They are used for retting of plant fibers such as ramie, sunn hemp, jute, flax and hemp. en.wikipedia.org

The most widespread raw materials to produce yarn for carpets and rugs was sheep wool, as well as goat wool, silk, flax, cotton and other. en.wikipedia.org

The main agricultural crops grown are wheat, barley, flax, chickpea and sesame. en.wikipedia.org

The best way to eat flax is to grind organic flaxseed in a coffee grinder every day, to make sure it's fresh. www.huffingtonpost.com

Flax fibres are taken from the stem of the plant and are two to three times as strong as those of cotton. en.wikipedia.org

Traditional clothing made from flax and dog skins had gone out of common use by 1850 everywhere. en.wikipedia.org

Stream retting is similar to pool retting, but the flax is submerged in bundles in a stream or river. en.wikipedia.org

These vegetable fibres can come from the seed (cotton), the stem (known as bast fibres: flax, hemp, jute) or the leaf (sisal). en.wikipedia.org

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