Flax vs. Tow — What's the Difference?

Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, Linum usitatissimum, in the family Linaceae. It is cultivated as a food and fiber crop in regions of the world with temperate climate.

To draw or pull behind by a chain or line

A widely cultivated plant, Linum usitatissimum, having pale blue flowers, seeds that yield linseed oil, and slender stems from which a textile fiber is obtained.

The act or an instance of towing

The fine, light-colored textile fiber obtained from this plant.

Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

Any of various other plants of the genus Linum or of other genera in the family Linaceae.

Something, such as a barge or car, that is towed.

A pale grayish yellow.

A rope or cable used in towing.

A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds.

Coarse broken flax or hemp fiber.

The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles.

A continuous untwisted bundle of manufactured fibers.

The flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps.

(transitive) To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.

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.

To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.

The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.

The act of towing and the condition of being towed.

Fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric

Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

Plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem

Something, such as a barge, that is towed.

A rope or cable used in towing.

(motor racing) A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.

An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.

(specifically) The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line).

The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.

The act of towing, or the state of being towed; - chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.

That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.

To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.

The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope;

Drag behind;