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.


Definition of Saxifraga

1. n. A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage.

Medical Definition of Saxifraga

1. A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage. Origin: L, saxifrage. See Saxifrage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saxifraga

saxaul
saxauls
saxe blue
saxefras
saxello
saxes
saxhorn
saxhorns
saxicava
saxicavid
saxicavids
saxicavous
saxicoline
saxicolous
saxicolous plant
saxifraga (current term)
saxifragaceous
saxifrage
saxifrage family
saxifrages
saxifragous
saxion
saxions
saxist
saxists
saxitoxin
saxitoxins
saxon
saxonies
saxonite

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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