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saxifrage

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Saxifrage  \Sax"i*frage\  (?;  48),  n.  [L.  saxifraga,  from 
  saxifragus  stone-breaking;  saxum  rock  +  frangere  to  break: 
  cf  F.  saxifrage.  See  {Fracture},  and  cf  {Sassafras}, 
  {Saxon}.]  (Bot.) 
  Any  plant  of  the  genus  {Saxifraga},  mostly  perennial  herbs 
  growing  in  crevices  of  rocks  in  mountainous  regions. 
 
  {Burnet  saxifrage},  a  European  umbelliferous  plant 
  ({Pimpinella  Saxifraga}). 
 
  {Golden  saxifrage},  a  low  half-succulent  herb 
  ({Chrysosplenium  oppositifolium})  growing  in  rivulets  in 
  Europe;  also  {C.  Americanum},  common  in  the  United 
  States.  See  also  under  {Golden}. 
 
  {Meadow  saxifrage},  or  {Pepper  saxifrage}.  See  under 
  {Meadow}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  saxifrage 
  n  :  any  of  various  plants  of  the  genus  Saxifraga  [syn:  {breakstone}, 
  {rockfoil}]




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