phlox family

American  

noun

1. the plant family Polemoniaceae, characterized by herbaceous or sometimes shrubby plants having simple or compound leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including gilia, Jacob's-ladder, moss pink, and phlox.

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Example Sentences

While the phlox family is largely perennial, we love the showy annual varieties for their vigor.

From Time