Associations to the word «Phlox»

Wiktionary

PHLOX, noun. Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
PHLOX, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Polemoniaceae.
PHLOX WORM, noun. The larva of an American moth (Heliothis phloxiphaga), destructive to phloxes.
PHLOX WORMS, noun. Plural of phlox worm

Dictionary definition

PHLOX, noun. Any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats