Phlorone
(Phlo"rone) n. [Phlorol + quinone.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance having a peculiar
unpleasant odor, resembling the quinones, and obtained from beechwood tar and coal tar, as also by
the oxidation of xylidine; — called also xyloquinone.
Phlox
(Phlox) n. [L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr. flame, fr. to burn.] (Bot.) A genus of American herbs,
having showy red, white, or purple flowers.
Phlox worm (Zoöl.),
the larva of an American moth It is destructive to phloxes. — Phlox subulata,
the moss pink. See under Moss.
Phlyctenular
(Phlyc*ten"u*lar) a. [Gr. a blister or pustule.] (Med.) Characterized by the presence of
small pustules, or whitish elevations resembling pustules; as, phlyctenular ophthalmia.
Phoca
(||Pho"ca) n. [L., a seal, fr. Gr. .] (Zoöl.) A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal
and allied species. See Seal.
Phocacean
(Pho*ca"cean) n. (Zoöl.) Any species of Phoca; a seal.
Phocal
(Pho"cal) a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to seals.
Phocenic
(Pho*cen"ic) a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; - - said of an acid
(called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid. Watts.
Phocenin
(Pho*ce"nin) n. [Cf. F. phocénine.] (Chem.) See Delphin.
Phocine
(Pho"cine) a. [L. phoca a seal.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the seal tribe; phocal.
Phocodont
(Pho"co*dont) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Phocodontia.
Phocodontia
(||Pho`co*don"ti*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a seal + a tooth.] (Zoöl.) A group of extinct carnivorous
whales. Their teeth had compressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and allied genera.
Phœbe
(Phœ"be) n. (Zoöl.) The pewee, or pewit.
Phœbus
(Phœ"bus) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. pure, bright.]
1. (Class. Myth.) Apollo; the sun god.
2. The sun. "Phœbus 'gins arise." Shak.
Phœnician
(Phœ*ni"cian) a. Of or pertaining to Phœnica. — n. A native or inhabitant of Phœnica.