phlox

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Plants, Gardening

phlox /flɒks $ flɑːks/ noun [countable, uncountable]  1. HBPDLGa tall garden plant with pink, purple, or white flowers 天蓝绣球〔一种高大园艺植物，开粉红色、紫色或白色的花〕2. American EnglishHBP a low spreading plant with pink or white flowers 小天蓝绣球，福禄考〔一种低矮蔓生植物，开粉色或白色的花〕

Examples from the Corpus

phlox• We climbed slowly but steadily along the river and through a natural rock garden of tiny pale blue phlox.• The first impression is of pink phlox, purple loosestrife, clematis, pelargoniums, roses and day lilies.• Wild phlox, long escaped from neat gardens, perfumed every roadside.Origin phlox (1700-1800) Latin Greek, “flame”

phlox nounChinese  

or tall Corpus a white purple, garden with pink, plant

phlox
phlox /flɒks $ flɑːks/ noun [uncountable and countable]1. a tall garden plant with pink, purple, or white flowers
2. American English a low spreading plant with pink or white flowers

phloxBrE /flɒks/ 🔊NAmE /flɑːks/ 🔊 nouna tall garden plant with groups of white, blue or red flowers with a sweet smell 福禄考（高大开花植物，可种植在花园）a low, spreading plant with small white, blue or pink flowers 丛生福禄考（低矮蔓生开花植物）