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FLAX-PLANT

Definition: FLAX-PLANT

FLAX-PLANT

Noun

1. A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "FLAX-PLANT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references)

 

Crosswords: FLAX-PLANT

English words defined with "FLAX-PLANT": Phormium. (references)

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Anagrams: FLAX-PLANT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-f-l-l-n-p-t-x"

-3 letters: platan.

-4 letters: alant, fatal, natal, plant.

-5 letters: alan, alfa, anal, anta, atap, axal, fall, falx, flan, flap, flat, flax, pall, pant, plan, plat, tala, tall, tapa, taxa.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FLAX-PLANT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 4C 41 58 2D 50 4C 41 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001100 01000001 01011000 00101101 01010000 01001100 01000001 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

F L A X - P L A N T

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 004C 0041 0058 002D 0050 004C 0041 004E 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40463558155046354854

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