Flax
Flax noun - Plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem.
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All of the main four, including the boy Briar (though he uses cotton and flax, since his magic is with plants), learn to spin fibers into thread, but it's primarily shown around the two women whose magic is worked through it.
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The witch's skull quickly set the entire house on fire and burned it to the ground with the stepmother and stepsisters.Vasilissa found shelter with an old woman and began to spin flax and weave the thread.
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