PHLOX

phlox

(noun) any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

phlox (countable and uncountable, plural phlox or phloxes)

Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.

Source: Wiktionary


Phlox, n. Etym: [L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers. Phlox worm (Zoöl.), the larva of an American moth (Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes.

– Phlox subulata, the moss pink. See under Moss.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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