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[flaks] / flæks /








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We will never know if the flax fields took off and Shatz’s heirs prospered.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2025

They look like a bunch of flax seeds glued together and taste like dense particleboard squares dipped in apple cider vinegar.

From Slate May 10, 2025

Examples of food provided in the breast cancer clinical trial included peanut soba noodles, steel cut oatmeal, banana flax muffins, sweet potato enchiladas, and Mediterranean white bean soup.

From Science Daily May 22, 2024

Seed oils are made from whole seeds, such as sunflower seeds, flax seeds, chia seeds and sesame seeds.

From Salon Feb. 21, 2024

Granted, I wouldn’t be looking out at a quilt of sprouting grain as I survey my flax and wheat fields had my neighbors not intervened.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

It. ij calevers wth flaxes and tuch boxe.

From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by William Andrews

The quotations for the various kinds of flaxes are made with one or other special mark termed a base mark; this usually, but not necessarily, indicates the lowest quality.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

Sometimes other proportions obtain, while it is not unusual to have quotations for flaxes containing four different kinds.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

The marks in the Crown flaxes have the following signification:— K means Crown and is usually the base mark.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

The New Zealand flax gives the most perfectly soluble nitrates of any of the flaxes.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford




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