linseed

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈlɪnsiːd/

Definition of linseed

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The seed of the flax plant, which yields linseed oil.
    “The ancients regarded linseed as a source of medical benefits.”

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Etymology

From Middle English linseed, lynseed, lynsede, from Old English līnsǣd (“seed of flax”), from līn (“flax”) (from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”)) + sǣd (“seed”). By surface analysis, lin + seed.

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