'Purging flax' definitions:

Definition of 'Purging flax'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]