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flax

[flaks] / flæks /








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We will never know if the flax fields took off and Shatz’s heirs prospered.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2025

The specific brand of noncracker crackers that she recommends frequently are made of flax seeds, and are called, unfortunately, Flackers.

From Slate May 10, 2025

Examples of food provided in the breast cancer clinical trial included peanut soba noodles, steel cut oatmeal, banana flax muffins, sweet potato enchiladas, and Mediterranean white bean soup.

From Science Daily May 22, 2024

Or add in some ground flax to the dry ingredients.

From Salon Mar. 21, 2024

I looked down into my breakfast bowl and began counting the flax seeds, multiplying them by 7s.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

The Hoffs flaxes are reckoned in a similar way.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

It. ij calevers wth flaxes and tuch boxe.

From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by William Andrews

Sometimes other proportions obtain, while it is not unusual to have quotations for flaxes containing four different kinds.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

The quotations for the various kinds of flaxes are made with one or other special mark termed a base mark; this usually, but not necessarily, indicates the lowest quality.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

The marks in the Crown flaxes have the following signification:— K means Crown and is usually the base mark.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various




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