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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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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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