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purging flax
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Purging \Pur"ging\, a. That purges; cleansing. [1913 Webster] Purging flax (Bot.), an annual European plant of the genus Linum (Linum catharticum); dwarf wild flax; -- so called from its use as a cathartic medicine. [1913 Webster]
