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phlox
(encz) | phlox,flox n: [bot.] druh rostliny Zdeněk Brož |
phlox
(encz) | phlox,plaménka n: [bot.] druh rostliny Zdeněk Brož |
phlox
(gcide) | phlox \phlox\ (fl[o^]ks), n. [L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr.
flo`x flame, fr. fle`gein to burn.] (Bot.)
A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple
flowers.
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Phlox worm (Zool.), the larva of an American moth
(Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes.
Phlox subulata, the moss pink. See under Moss.
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phlox
(wn) | phlox
n 1: any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North
American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers |
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chickweed phlox
(encz) | chickweed phlox, n: |
dwarf phlox
(encz) | dwarf phlox, n: |
moss phlox
(encz) | moss phlox, n: |
mountain phlox
(encz) | mountain phlox, n: |
phlox
(encz) | phlox,flox n: [bot.] druh rostliny Zdeněk Brožphlox,plaménka n: [bot.] druh rostliny Zdeněk Brož |
phlox family
(encz) | phlox family, n: |
sand phlox
(encz) | sand phlox, n: |
Heliothis phloxiphaga
(gcide) | phlox \phlox\ (fl[o^]ks), n. [L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr.
flo`x flame, fr. fle`gein to burn.] (Bot.)
A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple
flowers.
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Phlox worm (Zool.), the larva of an American moth
(Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes.
Phlox subulata, the moss pink. See under Moss.
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phlox
(gcide) | phlox \phlox\ (fl[o^]ks), n. [L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr.
flo`x flame, fr. fle`gein to burn.] (Bot.)
A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple
flowers.
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Phlox worm (Zool.), the larva of an American moth
(Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes.
Phlox subulata, the moss pink. See under Moss.
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Phlox subulata
(gcide) | phlox \phlox\ (fl[o^]ks), n. [L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr.
flo`x flame, fr. fle`gein to burn.] (Bot.)
A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple
flowers.
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Phlox worm (Zool.), the larva of an American moth
(Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes.
Phlox subulata, the moss pink. See under Moss.
[1913 Webster]Moss \Moss\ (m[o^]s; 115), n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me['o]s, D.
mos, G. moos, OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw.
mossa, Russ. mokh', L. muscus. Cf. Muscoid.]
1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with
distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small
capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so
discharging the spores. There are many species,
collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks,
and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.
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Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other
small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species
of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss,
etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus
Lycopodium. See Club moss, under Club, and
Lycopodium.
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2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses
of the Scottish border.
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Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of
words which need no special explanation; as,
moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc.
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Black moss. See under Black, and Tillandsia.
Bog moss. See Sphagnum.
Feather moss, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp.
several species of the genus Hypnum.
Florida moss, Long moss, or Spanish moss. See
Tillandsia.
Iceland moss, a lichen. See Iceland Moss.
Irish moss, a seaweed. See Carrageen.
Moss agate (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown,
black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in
part to oxide of manganese. Called also Mocha stone.
Moss animal (Zool.), a bryozoan.
Moss berry (Bot.), the small cranberry ({Vaccinium
Oxycoccus}).
Moss campion (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly ({Silene
acaulis}), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the
highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the
Arctic circle.
Moss land, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants,
forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the
water is grained off or retained in its pores.
Moss pink (Bot.), a plant of the genus Phlox ({Phlox
subulata}), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the
Middle United States, and often cultivated for its
handsome flowers. --Gray.
Moss rose (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike
growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived
from the Provence rose.
Moss rush (Bot.), a rush of the genus Juncus ({Juncus
squarrosus}).
Scale moss. See Hepatica.
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Phlox worm
(gcide) | phlox \phlox\ (fl[o^]ks), n. [L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr.
flo`x flame, fr. fle`gein to burn.] (Bot.)
A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple
flowers.
[1913 Webster]
Phlox worm (Zool.), the larva of an American moth
(Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes.
Phlox subulata, the moss pink. See under Moss.
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chickweed phlox
(wn) | chickweed phlox
n 1: low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States [syn:
chickweed phlox, sand phlox, Phlox bifida, {Phlox
stellaria}] |
dwarf phlox
(wn) | dwarf phlox
n 1: low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves
and pink or white flowers; native to United States and
widely cultivated as a ground cover [syn: moss pink,
mountain phlox, moss phlox, dwarf phlox, {Phlox
subulata}] |
genus phlox
(wn) | genus Phlox
n 1: herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or
perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or
matted); from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico |
moss phlox
(wn) | moss phlox
n 1: low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves
and pink or white flowers; native to United States and
widely cultivated as a ground cover [syn: moss pink,
mountain phlox, moss phlox, dwarf phlox, {Phlox
subulata}] |
mountain phlox
(wn) | mountain phlox
n 1: low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves
and pink or white flowers; native to United States and
widely cultivated as a ground cover [syn: moss pink,
mountain phlox, moss phlox, dwarf phlox, {Phlox
subulata}] |
phlox
(wn) | phlox
n 1: any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North
American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers |
phlox bifida
(wn) | Phlox bifida
n 1: low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States [syn:
chickweed phlox, sand phlox, Phlox bifida, {Phlox
stellaria}] |
phlox family
(wn) | phlox family
n 1: a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of
the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers [syn:
Polemoniaceae, family Polemoniaceae, phlox family] |
phlox stellaria
(wn) | Phlox stellaria
n 1: low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States [syn:
chickweed phlox, sand phlox, Phlox bifida, {Phlox
stellaria}] |
phlox subulata
(wn) | Phlox subulata
n 1: low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves
and pink or white flowers; native to United States and
widely cultivated as a ground cover [syn: moss pink,
mountain phlox, moss phlox, dwarf phlox, {Phlox
subulata}] |
sand phlox
(wn) | sand phlox
n 1: low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States [syn:
chickweed phlox, sand phlox, Phlox bifida, {Phlox
stellaria}] |
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