SAND PHLOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sand phlox mean? 

• SAND PHLOX (noun)
  The noun SAND PHLOX has 1 sense:

1. low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States

  Familiarity information: SAND PHLOX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAND PHLOX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

chickweed phlox; Phlox bifida; Phlox stellaria; sand phlox

Hypernyms ("sand phlox" is a kind of...):

phlox (any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers)

Holonyms ("sand phlox" is a member of...):

genus Phlox (herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted); from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico)