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phlox

19 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. phlox (noun)
  2. phlox family (noun)
  3. phlox pink (noun)
  4. phlox purple (noun)
  5. annual phlox (noun)
  6. blue phlox (noun)
  7. chickweed phlox (noun)
  8. Drummond's phlox (noun)
  9. dwarf phlox (noun)
  10. meadow phlox (noun)
  11. moss phlox (noun)
  12. mountain phlox (noun)
  13. perennial phlox (noun)
  14. prairie phlox (noun)
  15. star phlox (noun)
  16. trailing phlox (noun)
  17. wild blue phlox (noun)
  18. woods phlox (noun)
  19. yellow phlox (noun)

phlox

noun \ˈfläks\
plural phlox or phlox·es

Definition of PHLOX

: any of a genus (Phlox of the family Polemoniaceae, the phlox family) of American annual or perennial herbs that have red, purple, white, or variegated flowers, a salverform corolla with the stamens on its tube, and a 3-valved capsular fruit
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Origin of PHLOX

New Latin, from Latin, a flower, from Greek, flame, wallflower
First Known Use: circa 1706

Rhymes with PHLOX

box, cox, fox, lox, ox, pax, pox

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