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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> | |Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> [[flax]], and <b class="b2">the linen made from it</b>, <span class="bibl">Emp.93</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.2.73</span>, etc.; used of <b class="b2">perennial flax, Linum angustifolium</b>, grown in Elis, <span class="bibl">Paus.6.26.6</span>, and of <b class="b2">Linum usitatissimum</b>, = [[λίνον Ἑβραίων]], <span class="bibl">Id.5.5.2</span>; also, in later writers, of <b class="b2">Indian cotton, Gossypium herbaceum</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll. 7.76</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>2.20</span>; and of [[silk]], τὰ Σηρικὰ ἔκ τινων φλοιῶν ξαινουένης βύσσου <span class="bibl">Str.15.1.20</span>.</span> | ||
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