flaxseed

English

Alternative forms

• flax seed

Etymology

From flax +‎ seed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflæks.siːd/, IPA^(key): /ˈflæksiːd/

Noun

flaxseed (countable and uncountable, plural flaxseeds)

1. The seed of the flax plant; a source of linseed oil.

Synonyms

• linseed

Meronyms

• lignan
• linoleic acid
• protein

Derived terms

• flaxseed oil

Translations

seed of the flax plant

• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic: زريعة الكتان (zarrīʕat el-kattān)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 亞麻籽 / 亚麻籽 (aa³ maa⁴ zi²)

  Mandarin: 亞麻籽 / 亚麻籽 (yàmázǐ), 亞麻仁 / 亚麻仁 (yàmárén)

• Czech: lněné semínko n
• Finnish: pellavansiemen
• French: graine de lin f, linette (fr) f
• Galician: liñaza f
• German: Leinsamen (de) m
• Greek: λιναρόσπορος (el) m (linarósporos)
• Icelandic: hörfræ (is) n
• Irish: ros m, ros lín m
• Italian: seme di lino m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: linfrø n

• Ottoman Turkish: بزر (bezr, bezir)
• Polish: siemię lniane (pl) n
• Portuguese: linhaça (pt) f
• Russian: льняно́е се́мя n (lʹnjanóje sémja)
• Spanish: lina f, linaza (es) f
• Swedish: linfrö (sv) n