Definition of Phox
Phlox (?), n. [L., a kind of flower, fr.
Gr. &?; flame, fr. &?; to burn.] (Bot.) A genus of
American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers.
Phlox worm (Zoöl.), the larva of
an American moth (Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to
phloxes. -- Phlox subulata, the moss pink.
See under Moss.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A genus of flowering plants of the Polemoniaceae family, sensitive to drought.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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