Found 2 items, similar to phlox.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: phlox
phlox
n : any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North
American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Phlox
Phlox
\Phlox\, n. [L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr. ? flame, fr. ?
to burn.] (Bot.)
A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple
flowers.
[1913 Webster]
Phlox worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an American moth
(
Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes.
Phlox subulata, the moss pink. See under
Moss.
[1913 Webster]