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The tiny seed that turns smoothies into homework.
means The small oily seed of the flax plant, eaten whole or ground for fiber and omega-3s, or pressed into linseed oil.
from From Old English 'fleax,' the same ancient Germanic root that gave us 'flax' the fiber plant — the one spun into linen. 'Seed' just tells you which part you're eating. So flaxseed is literally 'the seed of the linen plant,' which is a funny thing to stir into your smoothie: you're drinking a distant cousin of your bedsheets.
- grind it
- whole seeds pass through you undigested
- omega-3 source
- one of the few plant ones
- ancient crop
- cultivated since 8000 BC
- egg substitute
- mixed with water, mimics egg in baking