Hypertext Webster Gateway: "linseed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Linseed \Lin"seed`\ (l[i^]n"s[=e]d`), n. [OE. lin flax + seed.
See {Linen}.] (Bot.)
The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained.
[Written also {lintseed}.]

{Linseed cake}, the solid mass or cake which remains when oil
is expressed from flaxseed.

{Linseed meal}, linseed cake reduced to powder.

{Linseed oil}, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

linseed
n : the seed of flax used as a source of oil [syn: {flaxseed}]


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