Phlox

phlox Translingual thumb|Phlox divaricata species ''Phlox divaricata Etymology From mul grc φλόξ flame. Proper noun 1 f genus family Polemoniaceae Hypernyms genus ; Polemonioideae subfamily - subfamily; Phlocideae tribe - tribe Hyponyms genus Phlox glaberrima species - type species References 1 1 1 PHLOX 30897 40661 40749 40007000 mul Ericales order plants German Etymology de :bor mul:Phlox de mul Phlox. Pronunciation de /flɔks/ de De-Phlox.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m f,e phlox plant of the genus Phlox genus de Flammenblume Mädchen in meiner Heimat. Daß die schönste von euch im Sommer an einem Nachmittag in der verdunkelten Bibliothek sich das kleine Buch fände, das Jan des Tournes 1556 gedruckt hat. Daß sie den kühlenden, glatten Band mitnähme hinaus in den summenden Obstgarten oder hinüber zum Phlox, in dessen übersüßtem Duft ein Bodensatz schierer Süßigkeit steht. John Linton The Journal of my other Self 1930 Girls in my native land! May the loveliest of you on an afternoon in summer find in the dim library the little book that Jean de Tournes printed in 1556. May she take the cool, smooth volume out with her into the murmurous orchard, or to the phlox beyond, in whose over-luscious perfume hangs an essence of sheer sweetness. Declension m f,e Further reading Flammenblumen de