What are the signs and symptoms of minimal change disease? You may notice the following signs and symptoms of MCD: Foamy urine due to large amounts of protein leaking into your urine, called proteinuria. Swelling in body parts, like your ankles and around your eyes, due to fluid building up in your body, called edema.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: flax (Noun). A plant of the genus Linum, especially L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds.
Phormium tenax: Harakeke. The main flax used for weaving is Phormium tenax, or harakeke, a lowland or swamp flax. It can be distinguished from Phormium cookianum by its deep red flowers, its seed pods which are thick and straight and the fact that its leaves, flowers and seed pods all point upwards.