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phlox (fläks)

noun

any of a genus (Phlox) of chiefly North American plants of the phlox family with opposite leaves and white, pink, red, or bluish flowers

Etymology: ModL < L, flower, flame < Gr, wallflower, lit., flame < phlegein, to burn: for IE base see black

adjective

designating a family (Polemoniaceae, order Solanales) of dicotyledonous plants, including Jacob's ladder

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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