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PHLOX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("phlox" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phlox"):
chickweed phlox; Phlox bifida; Phlox stellaria; sand phlox (low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States)
dwarf phlox; moss phlox; moss pink; mountain phlox; Phlox subulata (low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover)
fringed pink; ground pink; Linanthus dianthiflorus; moss pink (low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers)
evening-snow; Linanthus dichotomus (small California annual with white flowers)
Holonyms ("phlox" is a member of...):
genus Phlox (herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted); from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico)
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