phloxn.

Brit.

/flɒks/, U.S.

/flɑks/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Phlox.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Phlox, genus name (Linnaeus Genera Plantarum (1737) 52) < classical Latin phlox , denoting an unidentified flame-coloured flower (Pliny) < ancient Greek ϕλόξ flame, in Hellenistic Greek also wallflower (Theophrastus) < an ablaut variant of the base of ϕλέγειν to burn (see phlegm n.).For earlier use of the Greek or Latin plant name in an English context, compare:1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 92 The Panse, called in Latine Flammea, and in Greeke Phlox, I meane the wild kind onely.1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Phlox,..a Flower of no Smell, but of a fine Flame-colour.

Botany.

In form Phlox: a genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants and subshrubs (family Polemoniaceae), mostly native to North America, having clusters of hypocrateriform flowers ranging from white to purple in colour; (also phlox) any plant of this genus (including many cultivated forms, esp. of the annual P. drummondii and the perennials P. panniculata and P. subulata).Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 151.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > North American

innocent1600

lychnidea1733

swamp lily1737

atamasco lily1743

phlox1754

lychnis1760

painted cup1776

mountain pink1818

phacelia1818

innocence1821

Nemophila1822

clarkia1827

Physostegia1830

bitter root1838

standing cypress1841

false mermaid1845

lion's heart1845

shooting star1856

lewisia1863

satin flower1871

fame-flower1879

baby blue-eyes1887

mayflower1892

agastache1900

obedient plant1900

Pennsylvania anemone1900

rock rose1906

Virginia bluebell1934

parsley1936

poached egg flower1963

poached eggs1971

poached egg plant1977

1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2421/2 Phlox, in botany, a genus of the pentandria monogynia class of plants.

1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening I. 708 Phlox, Lychnidea, or Bastard Lychnis.

1838 C. H. Gilman Poetry of Travelling in U.S. 280 The wild mountain Phlox, pink and purple and blue.

1847 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 438 Phlox... A highly ornamental, North American genus.

1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 342 There, in the summer breezes, wave Crimson phlox and moccasin flower.

1866 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) II. 887/1 The garden Phloxes being all productions of the florist, and of a most ornamental character.

1895 Mrs. H. Ward Bessie Costrell i. 8 Phloxes and marigolds grew untidily about their doorways.

1928 Garden & Home Builder Aug. 578/3 Mountain Phlox (P. ovata, called also P. carolina) makes heavy rosettes of large thick round leaves.

1953 S. J. Perelman in New Yorker 27 June 23/2 As my friend, glowing like a bed of phlox, slowly fished out his wallet, his nemesis scrawled a receipt.

1994 Org. Gardening Feb. 79/1 Check for the sprouts that mark the locations of your clumps of daylily, phlox, hosta and other spreading perennials.

2001 Org. Gardening May–June 28/1 Night phlox.., unusual snowflakelike flowers that are strongly fragrant at night.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

phlox bed n.

ΚΠ

1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin ii. xiii Among the geraniums, phlox-beds, and French marigolds.

1960 tr. K. von Frisch Greece & Rome (1960) 7 167 Bees begin to visit, though in vain, the phlox beds in the neighbourhood.

C2.

phlox family n. Botany the family Polemoniaceae.

ΚΠ

1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §952 Polemoniaceæ, the Phlox Family.

1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 374 The Polemoniaceæ, or phlox family, are most abundant in the Western States.

1996 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 351 1276/1 The responsiveness of mating systems in the phlox family can be established more precisely.

† phlox worm n. Obsolete rare the larva of a North American noctuid moth, Heliothis phloxiphaga, which feeds on phloxes.

ΚΠ

1869 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects 315 Mr. Riley describes apparently the same insect under the name of the ‘Phlox worm’.

† phloxwort n. Botany Obsolete (J. Lindley's name for) a plant of the family Polemoniaceae.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > family Polemoniaceae > [noun]

phloxwort1846

1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 635 Polemoniaceæ, Phloxworts.

1861 A. Wood Class Bk. Bot. 567 Phloxworts. Herbs with alternate or opposite leaves.

Derivatives

ˈphlox-like adj.

ΚΠ

1885 Cent. Mag. Jan. 447/1 A few fragile pink, phlox-like flowers, whose petals look as if torn in shreds.

1938 Amer. Midland Naturalist 19 350 Plant with..erect stems and phlox-like white flowers.

2001 Exotic & Greenhouse Gardening June 45/2 Plumbago should be smothered in clusters of phlox-like flowers throughout the whole summer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phlox
释义	phloxn. Brit. /flɒks/, U.S. /flɑks/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Phlox. Etymology: < scientific Latin Phlox, genus name (Linnaeus Genera Plantarum (1737) 52) < classical Latin phlox , denoting an unidentified flame-coloured flower (Pliny) < ancient Greek ϕλόξ flame, in Hellenistic Greek also wallflower (Theophrastus) < an ablaut variant of the base of ϕλέγειν to burn (see phlegm n.).For earlier use of the Greek or Latin plant name in an English context, compare:1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 92 The Panse, called in Latine Flammea, and in Greeke Phlox, I meane the wild kind onely.1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Phlox,..a Flower of no Smell, but of a fine Flame-colour. Botany. In form Phlox: a genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants and subshrubs (family Polemoniaceae), mostly native to North America, having clusters of hypocrateriform flowers ranging from white to purple in colour; (also phlox) any plant of this genus (including many cultivated forms, esp. of the annual P. drummondii and the perennials P. panniculata and P. subulata).Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 151. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > North American innocent1600 lychnidea1733 swamp lily1737 atamasco lily1743 phlox1754 lychnis1760 painted cup1776 mountain pink1818 phacelia1818 innocence1821 Nemophila1822 clarkia1827 Physostegia1830 bitter root1838 standing cypress1841 false mermaid1845 lion's heart1845 shooting star1856 lewisia1863 satin flower1871 fame-flower1879 baby blue-eyes1887 mayflower1892 agastache1900 obedient plant1900 Pennsylvania anemone1900 rock rose1906 Virginia bluebell1934 parsley1936 poached egg flower1963 poached eggs1971 poached egg plant1977 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2421/2 Phlox, in botany, a genus of the pentandria monogynia class of plants. 1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening I. 708 Phlox, Lychnidea, or Bastard Lychnis. 1838 C. H. Gilman Poetry of Travelling in U.S. 280 The wild mountain Phlox, pink and purple and blue. 1847 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 438 Phlox... A highly ornamental, North American genus. 1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 342 There, in the summer breezes, wave Crimson phlox and moccasin flower. 1866 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) II. 887/1 The garden Phloxes being all productions of the florist, and of a most ornamental character. 1895 Mrs. H. Ward Bessie Costrell i. 8 Phloxes and marigolds grew untidily about their doorways. 1928 Garden & Home Builder Aug. 578/3 Mountain Phlox (P. ovata, called also P. carolina) makes heavy rosettes of large thick round leaves. 1953 S. J. Perelman in New Yorker 27 June 23/2 As my friend, glowing like a bed of phlox, slowly fished out his wallet, his nemesis scrawled a receipt. 1994 Org. Gardening Feb. 79/1 Check for the sprouts that mark the locations of your clumps of daylily, phlox, hosta and other spreading perennials. 2001 Org. Gardening May–June 28/1 Night phlox.., unusual snowflakelike flowers that are strongly fragrant at night. Compounds C1. General attributive. phlox bed n. ΚΠ 1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin ii. xiii Among the geraniums, phlox-beds, and French marigolds. 1960 tr. K. von Frisch Greece & Rome (1960) 7 167 Bees begin to visit, though in vain, the phlox beds in the neighbourhood. C2. phlox family n. Botany the family Polemoniaceae. ΚΠ 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §952 Polemoniaceæ, the Phlox Family. 1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 374 The Polemoniaceæ, or phlox family, are most abundant in the Western States. 1996 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 351 1276/1 The responsiveness of mating systems in the phlox family can be established more precisely. † phlox worm n. Obsolete rare the larva of a North American noctuid moth, Heliothis phloxiphaga, which feeds on phloxes. ΚΠ 1869 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects 315 Mr. Riley describes apparently the same insect under the name of the ‘Phlox worm’. † phloxwort n. Botany Obsolete (J. Lindley's name for) a plant of the family Polemoniaceae. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > family Polemoniaceae > [noun] phloxwort1846 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 635 Polemoniaceæ, Phloxworts. 1861 A. Wood Class Bk. Bot. 567 Phloxworts. Herbs with alternate or opposite leaves. Derivatives ˈphlox-like adj. ΚΠ 1885 Cent. Mag. Jan. 447/1 A few fragile pink, phlox-like flowers, whose petals look as if torn in shreds. 1938 Amer. Midland Naturalist 19 350 Plant with..erect stems and phlox-like white flowers. 2001 Exotic & Greenhouse Gardening June 45/2 Plumbago should be smothered in clusters of phlox-like flowers throughout the whole summer. 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