Linen
Fibre, yarn or fabric from the bast of flax, Linum usitatissimum.
How it connects
In other taxonomies
- linen (material)Getty AAT, 300014069nearly the same
- linenWikidata, Q1426327nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Linen
9 terms, Cotton to Ramie
The word “linen”
2 meanings
- LinenMaterial, this termNo default
- linenColorScope named colorNo default
Record
- Broader
- Plant fibre
- Provenance
- referencedhttps://allianceflaxlinenhemp.eu/en/document_resources/35/download, read 30 Aug 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/linenKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderPlant fibreoutgoing
- narrowerPlant fibreincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Plant fibreoutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Natural fibreoutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Natural organicoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Abacaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Coiroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Cottonoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Hempoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Juteoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Kapokoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ramieoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Sisaloutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getty AAT | 300014069 | linen (material) | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q1426327 | linen | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026Linen via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/search?query=Linen&filter=status%3ACurrent | none |