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saxifrage family — noun a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae • Syn: ↑Saxifragaceae, ↑family Saxifragaceae • Hypernyms: ↑rosid… … Useful english dictionary
saxifrage — [sak′sə frij΄] n. [ME < MFr < L saxifraga < saxum, a rock (see SAXATILE) + base of frangere, to BREAK: prob. from growing in rock crevices] any of a genus (Saxifraga) of chiefly perennial plants of the saxifrage family, with small white … English World dictionary
saxifrage — /sak seuh frij/, n. any plant of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers. Cf. saxifrage family. [1400 50; late ME < L saxifraga (herba) stone breaking … Universalium
saxifrage — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Late Latin saxifraga, from Latin, feminine of saxifragus breaking rocks, from saxum rock + frangere to break more at break Date: 14th century any of a genus (Saxifraga of the family… … New Collegiate Dictionary
family Saxifragaceae — noun a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae • Syn: ↑Saxifragaceae, ↑saxifrage family • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot… … Useful english dictionary
Saxifrage — See HMS Saxifrage for ship names. For the fictional character, see Sax Russell. Taxobox name = Saxifraga image width = 240px image caption = Saxifraga oppositifolia regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo =… … Wikipedia
saxifrage pink — noun : a tufted European perennial herb (Tunica saxifraga) of the family Caryophyllaceae that has clustered subulate leaves and is adventive in No. America … Useful english dictionary
golden saxifrage — noun any of various low aquatic herbs of the genus Chrysosplenium • Syn: ↑golden spleen • Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑water plant, ↑hydrophyte, ↑hydrophytic plant • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
rosid dicot family — noun a family of dicotyledonous plants • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Hyponyms: ↑Connaraceae, ↑family Connaraceae, ↑zebrawood family, ↑Leguminosae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
early saxifrage — an eastern North American plant, Saxifraga virginiensis, of the saxifrage family, having toothed basal leaves and branched clusters of small white flowers. * * * … Universalium
