[floks] 
| 1. | any plant of the genus Phlox, of North America, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy flowers of various colors. Compare phlox family. |
| 2. | the flower of this plant. |
| phlox (flŏks) n. pl. phlox or phlox·es Any of various North American plants of the genus Phlox, having opposite leaves and flowers with a variously colored salverform corolla. [Latin, a kind of flame-colored flower, from Greek, flame, wallflower; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
