Saxifrage

  • 51saxifrage — sax·i·frage || sæksɪfrɪdÊ’ n. perennial plant that grows on rocky ground …

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  • 52saxifrage — sax·i·frage …

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  • 53saxifrage — sax•i•frage [[t]ˈsæk sə frɪdʒ[/t]] n. pln any of numerous plants of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < L… …

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  • 54saxifrage — /ˈsæksəfrɪdʒ/ (say saksuhfrij) noun any of the plants, mostly perennial herbs, constituting the genus Saxifraga, many of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, others being cultivated for their flowers. {Middle English, from Latin saxifraga… …

  • 55Burnet saxifrage — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 56Golden saxifrage — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 57Meadow saxifrage — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 58Pepper saxifrage — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 59saxifrage pink — noun : a tufted European perennial herb (Tunica saxifraga) of the family Caryophyllaceae that has clustered subulate leaves and is adventive in No. America …

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  • 60Burnet Saxifrage — Taxobox name = Burnet Saxifrage image width = 200px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Apiales familia = Apiaceae genus = Pimpinella species = P. saxifraga binomial = Pimpinella saxifraga Burnet Saxifrage is a …

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