phlox

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun phlox has 1 sense

phlox(n = noun.plant) Array - any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers; Array

is a kind of

herb

herbaceous plant

is a member of genus phlox

has particulars: chickweed phlox, phlox bifida, phlox stellaria, sand phlox, dwarf phlox, moss phlox, moss pink, mountain phlox, phlox subulata, fringed pink, ground pink, linanthus dianthiflorus, moss pink, evening-snow, linanthus dichotomus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

phlox, n. [L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr. flame, fr. to burn.].

A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers. [1913 Webster]

Phlox worm (Zoöl.), the larva of an American moth (Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes. -- Phlox subulata, the moss pink. See under Moss.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

phlox, n. any cultivated plant of the genus Phlox, with scented clusters of esp. white, blue, and red flowers.

Etymology

L f. Gk phlox, the name of a plant (lit. flame)

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