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phlox |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Phlox \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: phlox n : any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
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