false flax

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false flax

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  1. uncountable Any of the several flowering plants of the genus Camelina, especially Camelina sativa, which is cultivated for oil. In the Caucasus (especially in Armenia and Georgia) and in Asia Minor as well as the Altai, but also in northern areas, where flax is grown together with garden rocket, the false flax, Camelina sativa and C. linicola, occur also as specialized weeds and at the same time as cultivated plants, and beh

    Similar: camelina, gold-of-pleasure, linseed dodder, wild flax

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noun Camelina gen. or Camelina sativa (unspecific)

DeutschLeindotter
Ελληνικάψευδολινλάρι psevdolinlári
Русскийры́жик rýžik
العربيةnone, outside the range

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@misc{false_flax_2026,
  title = {false flax},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/false%20flax},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}