genus Phlox

genus Phlox
noun
herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted); from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico
Hypernyms: ↑plant genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniaceae, ↑family Polemoniaceae, ↑phlox family
Member Meronyms: ↑phlox, ↑chickweed phlox, ↑sand phlox, ↑Phlox bifida, ↑Phlox stellaria

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