Thursday 6 December 2012

Phlox=الفلوكس

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Phlox=الفلوكس
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ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
phlox (n.)
1706, from Latin, where it was the name of a flower (Pliny), from Gk. phlox "kind of plant with showy flowers" (probably Silene vulgaris), lit. "flame," related to phlegein "to burn" (see bleach (v.)). Applied to the North American flowering plant by German botanist Johann Jakob Dillenius (1684-1747).


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