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Definition of 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
Definition of Saxifraga
1. n. A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage.
Medical Definition of Saxifraga
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Saxifraga
Literary usage of 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)
"saxifraga, a plant that fissures a rock, understood as moaning a ... (4) 'More
particularly the genus saxifraga."'—Prior, p. 28. ..."
2. Handy Book of the Flower-garden by David Thomson (1893)
"saxifraga oppositifolia, purplish rose. saxifraga pectinata, silvery - edged
Antennaria tomentosa, silvery white. Arabia albida variegata, creamy variegated ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1880)
"NOTES ON THE FLOWERING OF saxifraga SARMENTOSA. BY PROF. JE TODD. ONE often sees
in window-gardens the plant popularly called ..."
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