PREFERRED TERM
Flax
DEFINITION
- n. A term inherited from Germanic. From the Old English "fleax" and the Middle English "vlexe" "flexe" "flaxe2 among other forms. It refers to the bast fiber obtained from the stem of the plant "linum usitatissimum". Linen textile or fabric is done with this fiber.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964; Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com] Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980.
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IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Lin
French
Lino
Italian
Lino
Spanish
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