different between flax vs sisal

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

Etymology

Named after Sisal, Yucatán.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??s?l/
• Rhymes: -a?s?l

Noun

sisal (countable and uncountable, plural sisals)

1. A Central American plant, Agave sisalana, cultivated for its sword-shaped leaves that yield fibers used for rope.
2. The fibre of the plant.
3. (rare) A sisal mat.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 456:

     Our bedding consisted of a single sisal or straw mat.

Translations

Anagrams

• SAILs, Silas, lassi, sails

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sis?l/, [?s?is??l]
• Rhymes: -is?l
• Syllabification: si?sal

Noun

sisal

1. sisal

Declension

Anagrams

• Lassi, lassi, silsa

French

Noun

sisal m (plural sisals)

1. sisal (plant, fibre)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sisal m (definite singular sisalen, indefinite plural sisalar, definite plural sisalane)

1. sisal (plant, fibres)

References

• “sisal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Silas, lassi, lissa, silas, sisal, sisla

Romanian

Etymology

From French sisal.

Noun

sisal m (plural sisali)

1. sisal

Declension

Spanish

Noun

sisal m (plural sisales)

1. sisal