phlox family

1. 1.

   a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers

   SynonymsPolemoniaceaefamily Polemoniaceae

   Broaderasterid dicot family

   Part ofPolemoniales

Questions about phlox family

What does phlox family mean?

phlox family means "a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers".

What is another word for phlox family?

Close synonyms include Polemoniaceae, family Polemoniaceae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phlox family a common word?

phlox family is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.