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A cloth spun from the flax plant?
Flax is used to produce linen cloth.
What is the history of flax?
Flax seeds have been used for at least 10,000 years in what is now Turkey. Ancient Romans, Greeks and Egyptians them as anti-inflammatory agents as well as for gastro-intestinal problems. Pliny the Elder (AD 23-79) included thirty uses for flax seeds in Historia Naturalis, his encyclopedia of natural science. Asians also used flax seeds as a treatment for dry skin and constipation. Indian Ayervedic practitioners used flax seed to treat heart conditions, burns, swelling, and eye issues. Ancient Egyptians cultivated flax. Today, flax is grown in every part of the world except tropical regions and the poles.
What is the maori word for flax?
kohunga is a type of flax. Harakeke is the most commonly used Maori word for flax (Phormium Tenax). Muka is flax that has been prepared for use.
Are flax seeds pass seeds on Howrse?
No, Flax can be bought at any time from the EC store and is used to grow flax and flax bedding which can be sold or used in EC mashes. Pass seeds on the other hand are sold only once per year, and are used to grow one pass.
Use flax in a sentence?
Flax is a plant that was used by early Maori to make things such as mats there is one :)
What was woven to make linen in Egyptian times?
you use flax to make linen. The ancient Egyptians used linen for their clothes and for embalming mummies.
What was flax used for in the olden days?
Cloth.
Why was flax used for sailmaking?
because its BEAUTIFUL
What plant is used to produce textiles?
Flax
What did the Maoris use to dye the flax?
The Maoris used various natural materials to dye flax, such as roots, berries, bark, leaves, and mud. These materials were boiled to extract color pigments that were then used to dye the flax fibers.
What do you know about flax?
Flax is a food and fiber crop, but it is also grown on the Canadian Prairies to be used for linseed oil.
How many types of flax exist?
There are two species of Phormium indigenous to New Zealand; Phormium tenax is known as New Zealand Flax and Phormium cookianum (Mountain Flax ).There are however, a number of named cultivars particularly of P. tenax - apparently over 200!
