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单词 mountain flax
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Definition of mountain flax in English:

mountain flax

(also mountain flox, mountaine flax, mountain vlix)
noun ˌmaʊntɪn ˈflaks
  • 1US. The plant senega snakeroot, Polygala senega, whose root was formerly used medicinally.

  • 2US. The prairie flax, Linum perenne subsp. lewisii, of western North America. rare.

  • 3The New Zealand plant Phormium cookianum (family Phormiaceae or Agavaceae), which has fibrous blade-like leaves, is a smaller relative of New Zealand flax (P. tenax), and is grown elsewhere as a garden plant.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in an earlier sense). From mountain + flax.

 
 

Definition of mountain flax in US English:

mountain flax

(also mountain flox, mountaine flax, mountain vlix)
nounˌmaʊntɪn ˈflaks
  • 1US. The plant senega snakeroot, Polygala senega, whose root was formerly used medicinally.

  • 2US. The prairie flax, Linum perenne subsp. lewisii, of western North America. rare.

  • 3The New Zealand plant Phormium cookianum (family Phormiaceae or Agavaceae), which has fibrous blade-like leaves, is a smaller relative of New Zealand flax (P. tenax), and is grown elsewhere as a garden plant.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in an earlier sense). From mountain + flax.

 
 
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