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Definition of phlox noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

phlox

noun
 
/flɒks/
 
/flɑːks/
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  1. a tall garden plant with groups of white, blue or red flowers with a sweet smell
  2. a low, spreading plant with small white, blue or pink flowers
  3. Word Originmodern Latin, from Latin, denoting a flame-coloured flower, from Greek, literally ‘flame’.
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