Flax is a flowering plant grown for two distinct products: its stem fibers, spun into linen, and its seeds, pressed for linseed oil. It was domesticated in the Fertile Crescent; evidence of domesticated oilseed flax with enlarged seeds comes from Tell Ramad in Syria, and fabric fragments from Catalhoyuk in Turkey have been dated to roughly 9,000 years ago, among the earliest known woven textiles. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Scientific Name Domestication RegionFertile Crescent (Tell Ramad, Syria; textile evidence at Catalhoyuk, Turkey) 1 Domesticated When (Circa)Circa 9,000 years ago (Catalhoyuk textile fragments) 1 Era
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1. Flax (Wikipedia)
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History section
Flax fabric fragments from Catalhoyuk in Turkey date to c. 9,000 years ago.
View the Source 2. Flax (Wikipedia)
- lead: cultivated as a food and fiber crop
- lead: its oil is known as linseed oil
- lead: textiles made from flax are known as linen
- lead: seeds known as flaxseed or linseed, used as food and for oil
- lead: linseed oil is used in industrial products
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