phlox : Idioms & Phrases


chickweed phlox

  • noun low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States
    chickweed phlox; Phlox bifida; Phlox stellaria.
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dwarf phlox

  • noun low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover
    moss pink; mountain phlox; moss phlox; dwarf phlox.
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genus phlox

  • noun herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted); from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico
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moss phlox

  • noun low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover
    moss pink; mountain phlox; moss phlox; dwarf phlox.
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mountain phlox

  • noun low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover
    moss pink; mountain phlox; moss phlox; dwarf phlox.
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phlox bifida

  • noun low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States
    chickweed phlox; Phlox bifida; Phlox stellaria.
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phlox family

  • noun a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers
    Polemoniaceae; family Polemoniaceae.
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phlox stellaria

  • noun low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States
    chickweed phlox; Phlox bifida; Phlox stellaria.
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Phlox subulata

  • noun low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover
    moss pink; mountain phlox; moss phlox; dwarf phlox.
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  • the moss pink. See under Moss.
Webster 1913

Phlox worm

  • (Zoöl.), the larva of an American moth (Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes.
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sand phlox

  • noun low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States
    chickweed phlox; Phlox bifida; Phlox stellaria.
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