Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A simplified spelling of phlox.

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  • verb molecular biology To sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP"
  • noun Alternative capitalization of FLOX
  • verb astronautics, dated To add fluorine to liquid-oxygen rocket fuel

Etymologies

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Abbreviation of "flanked by loxP"

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Blend of fluorine and liquid oxygen

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Examples

  • Wwox Intron 1 in the same orientation as the pK-11 LoxP site in order to "flox"

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles John H. Ludes-Meyers et al. 2009

  • The flowers Maggie had planted alongside the path—blue stasis, white flox, and dusty pink echinacea—flopped to one side, in one last burst of glory before the frosty nights set in.

    A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011

  • The flowers Maggie had planted alongside the path—blue stasis, white flox, and dusty pink echinacea—flopped to one side, in one last burst of glory before the frosty nights set in.

    A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011

  • The flowers Maggie had planted alongside the path—blue stasis, white flox, and dusty pink echinacea—flopped to one side, in one last burst of glory before the frosty nights set in.

    A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011

  • They have taken an antibiotic of this kind and in the name of the substance there is often the words – flox or ox, i.e. ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin.

    Statin disaster | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008

  • Pest or not, I like to see the sphinx moths around our flox in the summer.

    Another Curious Caterpillar 2006

  • After inspecting the cavalry, Sir Everard again conducted his nephew to the library, where he produced a letter, carefully folded, surrounded by a little stripe of flox-silk, according to ancient form, and sealed with an accurate impression of the Waverley coat-of-arms.

    Waverley 2004

  • Later in the season come the larger and more brilliantly tinted flowers, the wild purple larkspur, the great yellow buttercup, and the lilac flox.

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • But the marvel of the group is an orange-colored blossom, of a most rare and singular fragrance, growing somewhat in the style of the flox.

    The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe

  • Besides the above-mentioned flowers, we saw wild roses and buttercups and flox and privet, and whole acres of the wand-like lily.

    The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe

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