Meaning of false flax | Babel Free

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Any of the several flowering plants of the genus Camelina, especially Camelina sativa, which is cultivated for oil.

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“In the Caucasus (especially in Armenia and Georgia) and in Asia Minor as well as the Altai, but also in northern areas, where flax is grown together with garden rocket, the false flax, Camelina sativa and C. linicola, occur also as specialized weeds and at the same time as cultivated plants, and behave similarly to garden rocket (Tsinger, 1909).”

“In Europe, large-seeded false flax (Camelina sativa) evolved several ecotypes that are closely associated with flax production.”

“Secondary crops comprised all the plants derived from what had been weeds that infested the primary crop fields and were found to be useful in their own right (for example rye, oats, false flax).”

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