linum

IPA: ɫˈɪnʌm

Root Word: Linum

(flax) a genus of approximately 200 speciesLinum.
a village of the municipality Fehrbellin in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district of Brandenburg, Germany.

Examples of "linum" in Sentences

Flax, linum perenne with penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ behind
She has a dairy, and distaffs, for lac, linum, et lanam, and is become a very Sabine.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.