| moss pink n. A low-growing eastern North American plant (Phlox subulata) forming dense, mosslike mats and widely cultivated for its profuse pink or white flowers. |
moss pink
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a North American plant, Phlox subulata, forming dense mosslike mats: cultivated for its pink, white, or lavender flowers: family Polemoniaceae Also called ground pink
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| Noun | 1. |  moss pink - low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowersphlox - any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers genus Linanthus, Linanthus - a genus of herbs of the family Polemoniaceae; found in western United States |
| 2. |  moss pink - low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground coverphlox - any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers |
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