LINUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Linum mean? 

• LINUM (noun)
  The noun LINUM has 1 sense:

1. a herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves

  Familiarity information: LINUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Linum; Linum

Hypernyms ("Linum" is a kind of...):

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Linum"):

flax (plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem)

Holonyms ("Linum" is a member of...):

family Linaceae; flax family; Linaceae (a widely distributed family of plants)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the seeds of Linum usitatissimum.

(Linseed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Seed isolated from one of several species of the plant genus Linum.

(Flaxseed, NCI Thesaurus)