Flaxen

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  • adjective. Made of or resembling flax.
  • adjective. Having the pale grayish-yellow color of flax fiber.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of flax; made of flax: as, flaxen thread.
  • Resembling flax in color, as hair; fair and flowing like flax.
  • Pertaining to flax.
  • To beat or thrash.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Made of or resembling flax fibers.
  • adjective. a pale yellow brown; the colour of dried flax stalks and of the fiber obtained therefrom.
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  • adjective. of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
  • Word Usage
    "Her hair was a dark shade of the colour usually termed flaxen, whose clustering ringlets suited admirably with her fair complexion, and with the playful, yet simple, expression of her features."
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