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Phlox

Phlox Meaning & Definition
Phlox Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Phlox?

[n] any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers

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See Also | chickweed phlox | dwarf phlox | evening-snow | fringed pink | genus Phlox | ground pink | herb | herbaceous plant | Linanthus dianthiflorus | Linanthus dichotomus | moss phlox | moss pink | mountain phlox | Phlox bifida | Phlox stellaria | Phlox subulata | sand phlox

Phlox In Webster's Dictionary

\Phlox\, n. [L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr. ? flame, fr. ? to burn.] (Bot.) A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers. {Phlox worm} (Zo["o]l.), 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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