flax family


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Noun1.flax family - a widely distributed family of plants
family Linaceae, Linaceae
dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
genus Linum, Linum - a herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves
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