phlox

[ floks ]

/ flɒks /

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noun

any plant of the genus Phlox, of North America, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy flowers of various colors.Compare phlox family.

the flower of this plant.

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Origin of phlox

1595–1605; <Medieval Latin, special use of Latin phlox<Greek phlóx a flame-colored plant, literally, flame. See phlegm, phlogistic

Words nearby phlox

phlogistic, phlogiston, phlogopite, phlorizin, phloroglucinol, phlox, phlox family, PHLS, phlyctena, phlyctenoid, phlyctenula

How to use phlox in a sentence

Tall snapdragons and lilies and sweet-williams and phlox in the garden-beds.
Mary Gray|Katharine Tynan
Low-growing lavender-colored phlox appears in masses, and Cusick's speedwell forms large patches of low-lying blue.
Your National Parks|Enos A. Mills
Phlox Drummondii grows about six or eight inches high, and comes in many colours.
A Woman's Hardy Garden|Helena Rutherfurd Ely
For instance, take a fine large plant of Phlox of some choice variety, divide all the roots and set out each one separately.
A Woman's Hardy Garden|Helena Rutherfurd Ely

There is no flower in the garden more beautiful, more easily cultivated, or giving so much bloom as the Phlox.
A Woman's Hardy Garden|Helena Rutherfurd Ely

British Dictionary definitions for phlox

phlox

/ (flɒks) /

noun plural phlox or phloxes

any polemoniaceous plant of the chiefly North American genus Phlox: cultivated for their clusters of white, red, or purple flowers

Word Origin for phlox

C18: via Latin from Greek: a plant of glowing colour, literally: flame

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