(n) herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted); from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico
(n) low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover, Syn. moss phlox, dwarf phlox, mountain phlox, Phlox subulata
(n) a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers, Syn. family Polemoniaceae, phlox family
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
n. [ L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr. flo`x flame, fr. fle`gein to burn. ] (Bot.) A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]
Phlox worm (Zool.), the larva of an American moth (Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes. -- Phlox subulata, the moss pink. See under Moss. [ 1913 Webster ]