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vlas.

flax plant (Linum usitatissimum)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/vlɑs/
  1. flax plant (Linum usitatissimum)

    neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
  2. the fibers of said plant

    neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch vlas, from Old Dutch *flas, from earlier *flahs, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold, plait, weave”); thus distantly related to vlechten.

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