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  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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