Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Phlox"
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) 1.7 (wn)
phlox
n : any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North
American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
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