phlox

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

phlox
    n 1: any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North
         American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

phlox \phlox\ (fl[o^]ks), n. [L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr.
   flo`x flame, fr. fle`gein to burn.] (Bot.)
   A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple
   flowers.
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   {Phlox worm} (Zool.), the larva of an American moth
      ({Heliothis phloxiphaga}). It is destructive to phloxes.
      

   {Phlox subulata}, the moss pink. See under {Moss}.
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