Definition of Linum usitatissimum. Meaning of Linum usitatissimum. Synonyms of Linum usitatissimum

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Definition of Linum usitatissimum

Linum usitatissimum
Linum Li"num (l[imac]"n[u^]m), n. [L., flax.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax (Linum usitatissimum).

Meaning of Linum usitatissimum from wikipedia

- Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, Linum usitatissimum, in the family Linaceae. It is cultivated as a food and fiber crop...
- tenuifolium Linum trigynumFrench flax Linum ucrani**** Linum usitatissimumcommon cultivated flax Linum vernalChihuahuan flax Linum virginianum...
- yellowish oil obtained from the dried, ripened seeds of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum). The oil is obtained by pressing, sometimes followed by solvent...
- ervilia) Flax (Linum usitatissimum) was the first species to be domesticated for oil and fibres rather than food. Its wild progenitor was Linum bienne, which...
- may act synergistically with EPA and DHA. Linseed (or flaxseed) (Linum usitatissimum) and its oil are perhaps the most widely available botanical source...
- Linseed flax (Linum usitatissimum) may be used in a poultice for boils, inflammation and wounds....
- Fu, Y.-B. (2005). "Evidence of the domestication history of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) from genetic diversity of the sad2 locus". Theoretical and Applied...
- (Triti**** dicoc****, descended from the wild T. dicoccoides) Flax (Linum usitatissimum) Oats Wheat Rye Bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia) Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)...
- Look up flax in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flax (Linum usitatissimum) is a plant cultivated for food and fiber in cooler regions of the world. Flax...
- Linola is the trademark name of solin, cultivated forms of flax (Linum usitatissimum) bred for producing linseed oil with a low alpha-linolenic acid content...