1. a plant with blue flowers that is grown for its fiber and seeds
2. the fiber from the flax plant used to make linen cloth

Examples

• The farmer planted flax in the northern field.
• Flax produces beautiful blue flowers in summer.
• Workers harvested the flax when the stems turned yellow.
• The flax was processed to extract the valuable fibers.
• Fine linen is made from high-quality flax.
• She spun the flax into thread on her spinning wheel.
• Flax seeds are also used to make linseed oil.