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Definition of Genus saxifraga
1. Noun. Type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Saxifragaceae, Saxifragaceae, Saxifrage Family
Member holonyms: Breakstone, Rockfoil, Saxifrage, Saxifraga Aizoides, Yellow Mountain Saxifrage, Fair-maids-of-france, Meadow Saxifrage, Saxifraga Granulata, Mossy Saxifrage, Saxifraga Hypnoides, Saxifraga Occidentalis, Western Saxifrage, Purple Saxifrage, Saxifraga Oppositifolia, Saxifraga Stellaris, Star Saxifrage, Starry Saxifrage, Mother-of-thousands, Saxifraga Sarmentosam, Saxifraga Stolonifera, Strawberry Geranium, Strawberry Saxifrage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Saxifraga
Literary usage of Genus saxifraga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Prior, p. 28. (2) Pimpinella Saxifraga, L.—Prior, p. 28. (1) Sagina procumbens,
L.—Pratt. (4) 'More particularly the genus Saxifraga."'—Prior, p. 28. ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1899)
"Such a group is the genus Saxifraga, which, if current views of the past history
of vegetation are correct, probably originated at some point not far from ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1842)
"Descriptions of nine new species of the genus Carer, natives of the Himalaya Alps
in Upper Nepaul.—Ibid, vol. xiv. Monograph of the genus Saxifraga.—Linn. ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1900)
"Such a group is the genus Saxifraga, which, if current views of the past history
of vegetation are correct, probably originated at some point not far from ..."
5. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1889)
"... NOTES ON THE genus saxifraga. By MR. G. REUTHE, Tottenham. [Bead March 12, 1889.]
As the scientific aspects of this genus have already been treated of, ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1822)
"Fie informs us that 1 The old genus Saxifraga is here revised, broken down, and
remodelled, witli a view to lessen its intricacy, which every botanist ..."
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