genus linum

English Thesaurus

1. a herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	plant genus,
definition	:	a genus of plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	flax,
definition	:	plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family linaceae, flax family, linaceae,
definition	:	a widely distributed family of plants (noun.plant)