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noun
Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: chickweed phlox, sand phlox, Phlox bifida, Phlox stellaria, moss pink, mountain phlox, moss phlox, dwarf phlox, Phlox subulata, ground pink, fringed pink, Linanthus dianthiflorus, evening-snow, Linanthus dichotomus
History
From New Latin Phlox, from Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”).
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