linseed
Meaning
The seed of the flax plant, which yields linseed oil.
Translations
linaza
Leinsamen
λιναρόσπορος
seme di lino
graine de lin
lijnzaad
linhaça
lli
بذور الكتان
linumPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɪnsiːd/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English linseed, lynseed, lynsede, from Old English līnsǣd (“seed of flax”), from līn (“flax”) (from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”)) + sǣd (“seed”). By surface analysis, lin + seed.
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