Lint

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lint
Lint plant
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Faimily: Linaceae
Genus: Linum
Species: L. usitatissimum
Binomial name
Linum usitatissimum

Lint (Linum usitatissimum) is growen baith for its seeds, kent as lint-bennels, an for its feebres. Sindry pairts o the plant haes been uised for tae mak linen, dye, paper, medicines, fishin nets, hair gels an saip. It is whiles growen as an ornamental plant in gairdens, the flouers bein kent as lint-bells.

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