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