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