n.
Pronunciation: ' fläks
Function: noun
Inflected Form: 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
phlox