| phlox | <botany> A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers. <zoology> Phlox worm, the larva of an American moth (Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes. Phlox subulata, the moss pink. See Moss. Origin: L, a kind of flower, fr. Gr. Flame, fr. To burn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| phloxine | Dichloro-or tetrachlorotetrabromofluorescein;a red acid dye used as a cytoplasmic stain in histology. (05 Mar 2000) |