Definitions for "Flax"
A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed.
The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
A plant who's stems are used to make cloth called linen. Its blue flowers can be used to make a dye, and its seeds are crushed to produce linseed oil.
"Magnedrift mesh 75 million zacrons long" which captures, pulls in, and suspends in space anything that gets near it. It is maintained by Zenitan pirates.