phlox worm

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phlox worm - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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