Phlox

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various North American plants of the genus Phlox, having opposite leaves and flowers with a variously colored salverform corolla.
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  • n. Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A genus of ornamental gamopetalous plants of the order Polemoniaceæ, characterized by a deeply three-valved loculicidal capsule, included stamens unequally inserted on the tube of a salver-shaped corolla, and entire leaves.
  • n. [lowercase] Any plant of this genus.
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  • n. any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    herbaceous plant    Herb   
    Cross Reference
    alpine phlox    prickly phlox   
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