mountain flax

noun

1

a

: purging flax

b

: seneca snakeroot

c

: a centaury (Centaurium umbellatum)

d

: quaking grass sense 1

e

: corn spurry

f

: a New Zealand herb (Phormium cookianum)

2

: asbestos sense 1,2

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