FLAX 



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FLAX (Linum usitatisst'mum, L.) 



to spin. The second Latin name refers to its extraordinary usefulness 

 to man. It is ///// in Welsh, fion in Gaelic. 



Flax is called Lint Bells, Lint Bennels, Blaebows, Flix, Lin, Line, 

 Lint, Lint-bow, Vlix. A man in the flax trade in Dorset is called a 

 Human. Line is pronounced Kin (as in Norse or Danish) either in 

 reference to the plant, or seed linseed, or fibre once prepared on 



