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flax

noun as in hemp

noun as in thread

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Seek out varieties that include seeds—like flax, chia and sesame—which add nutrients including omega-3s and protein.

Menstrual Cramps—Eat two tbsps of flax seeds during your period because of their hormone balancing lignans and phytoestrogens.

These include ground flax seeds for breakfast, pomegranate juice, green tea, tomato sauce, fatty fish, and physical exercise.

Some of the cut grass looks as if it were Flax spread out to rot, and all of it evinces a want of shelter.

Flax is a great staple of the North of Ireland, and three fourths of it is beaten flat to the earth.

The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

Twelve of these ropes were used, about nine inches thick, some of them being made of flax and others of papyrus.

Catharine smiled and kept on spinning flax till her visitor entered.

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On this page you'll find 286 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to flax, such as: bhang, cannabis, fiber, hashish, jute, and marijuana.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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