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1. low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover

2. low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers

: a low tufted perennial phlox (Phlox subulata) with needlelike evergreen leaves that is native to the eastern United States and is widely cultivated as a ground cover and for its abundant usually pink or white flowers — called also dwarf phlox

a phlox, Phlox subulata, of the eastern U.S., having showy pink to purple flowers.

[1855-60]

moss pink,

a low-growing phlox of the eastern United States, with pink, white, or lavender flowers; ground pink.