| NOUN | plant | phlox | any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox |
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| Meaning | Any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers. | |
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| Member of | genus Phlox | herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted) |
| Narrower | chickweed phlox, sand phlox, Phlox bifida, Phlox stellaria | Low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States |
| evening-snow, Linanthus dichotomus | small California annual with white flowers | |
| ground pink, fringed pink, moss pink, Linanthus dianthiflorus | Low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers | |
| moss pink, mountain phlox, moss phlox, dwarf phlox, Phlox subulata | Low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers | |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | flox, phlox | |
| Catalan | flox | |
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