Canadian Medical Guide > Organisms > Plants > Plant Families and Groups > Angiosperms > Linaceae > Flax Terms and Definitions

Flax

Medical Definition:	A plant genus of the family LINACEAE that is cultivated for its fiber (manufactured into linen cloth). It contains a trypsin inhibitor and the seed is the source of LINSEED OIL.
Guide Notes:	despite X ref FLAXSEED, coord IM with SEEDS (IM); coord with specific PLANT COMPONENTS term if pertinent; for use in therapy coord IM with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) + disease/drug ther (IM) + PLANT PREPARATIONS or its indentations/ther use (IM or NIM) + specific
Also Called:	Linum usitatissimum

CANADIAN MEDICAL GUIDE

Thank you for visiting Canadian Medical Guide .com