phlox

[ floks ]

noun

1. any plant of the genus Phlox, of North America, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy flowers of various colors. Compare phlox family.
2. the flower of this plant.

phlox

/ flɒks /

noun

1. any polemoniaceous plant of the chiefly North American genus Phlox: cultivated for their clusters of white, red, or purple flowers

Word History and Origins

Origin of phlox¹

1595–1605; < Medieval Latin, special use of Latin phlox < Greek phlóx a flame-colored plant, literally, flame. See phlegm, phlogistic

Word History and Origins

Origin of phlox¹

C18: via Latin from Greek: a plant of glowing colour, literally: flame

Example Sentences

Tall snapdragons and lilies and sweet-williams and phlox in the garden-beds.

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Low-growing lavender-colored phlox appears in masses, and Cusick's speedwell forms large patches of low-lying blue.

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Phlox Drummondii grows about six or eight inches high, and comes in many colours.

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For instance, take a fine large plant of Phlox of some choice variety, divide all the roots and set out each one separately.

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There is no flower in the garden more beautiful, more easily cultivated, or giving so much bloom as the Phlox.

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