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Definition of: phlox
(floks) noun
Any plant or flower of a North American genus (Phlox) of herbs of the Polemoniaceae family, with opposite leaves and clusters of showy flowers in various shades of red, purple, white, or variegated. [<NL <L, a kind of flower <Gk. phlox a wallflower, lit., a flame <phlegein burn]
(Plant from 2 to 6 feet tall)
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