PHLOX


Meaning of PHLOX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfläks ]

noun

( plural phlox or phlox·es )

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a flower, from Greek, flame, wallflower

Date: circa 1706

: any of a genus ( Phlox of the family Polemoniaceae, the phlox family) of American annual or perennial herbs that have red, purple, white, or variegated flowers, a salverform corolla with the stamens on its tube, and a 3-valved capsular fruit

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