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A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers.

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  1. n. A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers.
  2. n. any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
  3. 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.
  4. A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purpleflowers. Phlox worm (Zoöl.), the larva of an American moth (Heliothisphloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes.-- Phlox subulata, the moss pink. See under Moss.
  5. n:100 n. any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers