linum

Amongst others which I did not observe before, I found a species of flax, resembling that which is cultivated: I think it is the species known as linum perenne.

Travels in the Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811 1819

Flax, linum perenne with penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ behind

Blue In The Garden-Part Two « Fairegarden 2007

The court is going to review that with the doctor and a guardian ad linum (PH) for the children, and then produce those records to us.

Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Only David Brancaccio. 2005

The court is going to review that with the doctor and a guardian ad linum (PH) for the children, and then produce those records to us.

Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: August 2005 Archives 2005

The word "flax" is derived from _filare_, to spin, or, _filum_, a thread; and the botanical title, _linum_, is got from the Celtic _lin_ also signifying thread.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

“Sed, pater, quod promisisti mihi, te quaeso ut memineris, ne illum verberes; verum apud te vinctum adservato domi.” cedo tu ceram ac linum actutum. age obliga, obsigna cito.

Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

She has a dairy, and distaffs, for lac, linum, et lanam, and is become a very Sabine.

Selected English Letters Various 1913

Just as dog, used as a prefix, expresses an idea of worthlessness to them, so toad suggests a spurious plant; the toadflax being made to bear what is meant to be an odious name because before flowering it resembles the true flax, _linum_, from which the generic title is derived.

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891

Multo autem minus doctrina de reprobatione terreri debent ii, qui cum serio ad Deum converti, ei unice placere, et e corpore mortis eripi desiderant, in via tamen pietatis et fidei eo usque, quo volunt, pervenire nondum possunt, siquidem linum fumigans se non extincturum, et arundinem quassatam se non fracturum, promisit misericors Deus.

The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

Multo autem minus doctrina de reprobatione terreri debent ii, qui cum serio ad Deum converti, ei unice placere, et e corpore mortis eripi desiderant, in via tamen pietatis et fidei eo usque, quo volunt, pervenire nondum possunt, siquidem linum fumigans se non extincturum, et arundinem quassatam se non fracturum, promisit misericors Deus.

The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889