different between flax vs dizen

English

Etymology

From Old English fleax, from Proto-Germanic *flahs?, from Proto-Indo-European *ple?- (“to plait”). Cognate with Old Frisian flax, Old Saxon *flahs (Dutch vlas), Old High German flahs (German Flachs); the Northern Germanic (and most likely the Gothic too) stem is different.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flæks/
• Rhymes: -æks

Noun

flax (countable and uncountable, plural flaxes)

1. A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds.
2. The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles.
3. The flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps.

Usage notes

The plural flaxes is used to indicate multiple species or varieties of flax; otherwise, flax is uncountable.

Derived terms

• flaxen
• New Zealand flax (Phormium spp.)
• For numerous others see Linum#Selected species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

See also

• Flax Bourton
• linen
• tow

References

• flax at OneLook Dictionary Search
• flax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Linum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• falx

Swedish

Noun

flax c

1. (slang) (unexpected) good luck

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• disen, dysyn, dizzen

Etymology

From dialectal dize (“to put tow on a distaff”), from Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise, *disen (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disan? (“distaff”), of unknown origin, equivalent to dize +? -en. Cognate with Middle Low German dise, disene (“distaff”). More at dize.

Verb

dizen (third-person singular simple present dizens, present participle dizening, simple past and past participle dizened)

1. (transitive) To dress with flax for spinning.
2. (transitive) To dress with clothes; attire; deck; bedizen.
3. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To dress showily; adorn; dress out.

Derived terms

• bedizen

Spanish

Verb

dizen

1. Archaic spelling of dicen.

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?zen/
• Hyphenation: di?zen

Noun

dizen

1. second-person singular possessive of dize

West Frisian

Noun

dizen

1. plural of dize