adj. a pale yellow brown; the colour of dried flax stalks and of the fiber obtained therefrom.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of flax; made of flax: as, flaxen thread.
Resembling flax in color, as hair; fair and flowing like flax.
Pertaining to flax.
To beat or thrash.
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adj. of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
Word Usage
"Her hair was a dark shade of the colour usually termed flaxen, whose clustering ringlets suited admirably with her fair complexion, and with the playful, yet simple, expression of her features."