is linseed the same as flaxseed?
Linseed (also flaxseed) Linseed is the small, reddish-brown or golden-yellow seed of the common flax plant, linum usitatissimum, the same plant that's used to grow the fibre from which linen has been made for thousands of years. ... It's equally correct to call the same small seeds linseed or flaxseed.