Flax has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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| 1. | The flax therefore, and the barley were hurt, because the barley was green, and the flax was now bolled; but the wheat, and other winter corn were not hurt, because they were lateward. | |
| 2. | It is dull for me, grandmother, to sit idly hour by hour. My hands want work to do. Go, therefore, and buy me some flax, the best and finest to be found anywhere, and at least I can spin. | |
| 3. | I eat bread covered with flax seeds, which end up all over the table. | |
| 4. | The mountain ash is blooming. It's time to sow flax. |