phlox

See also: Phlox

English

downy phlox (Phlox pilosa)

Etymology

From New Latin Phlox, from Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /flɒks/
(General American) enPR: fläks, IPA^(key): /flɔks/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒks
Homophones: flocks, Flox

Noun

phlox (countable and uncountable, plural phlox or phloxes)

Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.

Derived terms

Translations

plant of genus Phlox

Arabic: قبس m (qabas)
Armenian: բոցենի (hy) (bocʿeni)
Azerbaijani: floks
Belarusian: флёкс m (fljoks)
Bulgarian: флокс m (floks)
Catalan: flox m
Czech: plamenka f
Estonian: floks, leeklill
Finnish: leimu (fi)
French: phlox (fr) m
Georgian: ფლოქსი (ploksi)
German: Flammenblume f, Phlox m
Hindi: फ्लॉक्स m (phlŏks), पटुआ (hi) (paṭuā)
Ido: floxo (io)
Italian: flox m
Japanese: フロックス (furokkusu)
Navajo: tsídiidą́ą́ʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: floks m

Nynorsk: floks m
Persian: فلوکس (fa)
Polish: floks (pl) m, płomyk (pl) m
Romanian: flox (ro) m
Russian: фло́кс (ru) m (flóks)
Samogitian: karklalis m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фло̏кс m

Roman: flȍks (sh) m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: płomjenjowka f
Spanish: flox m
Swedish: flox c
Tatar: ялкынчәчәк (yalkınçäçäk)
Thai: ฟล็อกซ์ (flók)
Ukrainian: флокс m (floks)
Uzbek:
Cyrillic: флокс (uz) (floks)

Roman: floks
West Frisian: floks c, hjerstsering c

Further reading

Phlox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Phlox on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Phlox on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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