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phlox

American  
[floks] / flɒks /

noun

  1. any plant of the genus Phlox, of North America, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy flowers of various colors.

  2. the flower of this plant.

phlox British  
/ flɒks /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of phlox

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

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