sand phlox

1. 1.

   low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States

   Synonymschickweed phloxPhlox bifidaPhlox stellaria

   Broaderphlox

   Part ofgenus Phlox

Questions about sand phlox

What does sand phlox mean?

sand phlox means "low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States".

What is another word for sand phlox?

Close synonyms include chickweed phlox, Phlox bifida, Phlox stellaria. 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 sand phlox a common word?

sand phlox 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.