From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishflaxenflax‧en /ˈflæksən/ adjective literary CCHBHflaxen hair is light yellow in colour SYN blond
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flaxen• She turned, all flaxen and pink and white, haloed by the naked light bulbs round the mirror.• When he was young his hair had been that flaxen gold too, as soft and as fine.• She had long flaxen hair and big, round blue eyes.• Her long flaxen hair was coiled up in a thick plait at the top of her head. 