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flaxseed

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flax·seed  (flkssd)
n.
The seed of flax, the source of linseed oil and emollient medicinal preparations.
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Noun1.flaxseed - the seed of flax used as a source of oil
oil-rich seed, oilseed - any of several seeds that yield oil


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A French privateer captured the vessel on her passage home, the flaxseed was condemned and sold, my ancestors being transferred in a body to the ownership of a certain agriculturist in the neighborhood of Evreux, who dealt largely in such articles.
 
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