flax
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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 royal couple were told by Helen Keys and Charlie Mallon about the sustainable methods being used to grow flax to create linen.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 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
But a host of other row crops are also used as a source of oils, including cotton, corn, safflower, peanut and flax.
From Salon • Jul. 29, 2024
That might do, but he would have to bring me my meals, the flax to spin my clothes, the wood for my fire.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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