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phlox

/floks/US // flɒks //UK // (flɒks) //

凤仙花,凤尾竹,凤尾草,凤梨花

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.
    • : the flower of this plant.

Examples

  • Tall snapdragons and lilies and sweet-williams and phlox in the garden-beds.

  • Low-growing lavender-colored phlox appears in masses, and Cusick's speedwell forms large patches of low-lying blue.

  • Phlox Drummondii grows about six or eight inches high, and comes in many colours.

  • For instance, take a fine large plant of Phlox of some choice variety, divide all the roots and set out each one separately.

  • There is no flower in the garden more beautiful, more easily cultivated, or giving so much bloom as the Phlox.