adjective made of flax. pertaining to flax. resembling flax. of the pale yellowish color of dressed flax. adjective of, relating to, or resembling flax of a soft yellow colourflaxen hair adj."made of flax," mid-15c., from flax + -en (2). As "the color of flax" (usually with reference to hair) it is attested from 1520s.
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