phlox worm
English
Noun
phlox worm (plural phlox worms)
- The larva of an American moth (Heliothis phloxiphaga), destructive to phloxes.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for phlox worm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)