Saxifrage

  • 71golden saxifrage — noun any of various low aquatic herbs of the genus Chrysosplenium • Syn: ↑golden spleen • Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑water plant, ↑hydrophyte, ↑hydrophytic plant • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 72meadow saxifrage — noun rosette forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe • Syn: ↑fair maids of France, ↑Saxifraga granulata • Hypernyms: ↑saxifrage, ↑breakstone, ↑rockfoil • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 73mossy saxifrage — noun tufted or mat forming perennial of mountains of Europe; cultivated for its white flowers • Syn: ↑Saxifraga hypnoides • Hypernyms: ↑saxifrage, ↑breakstone, ↑rockfoil • Member Holonyms: ↑Saxifraga, ↑ …

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  • 74purple saxifrage — noun plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America • Syn: ↑Saxifraga oppositifolia • Hypernyms: ↑saxifrage, ↑breakstone, ↑rockfoil • Member Holonyms: ↑Saxi …

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  • 75starry saxifrage — noun small often mat forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe • Syn: ↑star saxifrage, ↑Saxifraga stellaris • Hypernyms: ↑saxifrage, ↑breakstone, ↑rockfoil • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 76strawberry saxifrage — noun eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red and white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons • Syn: ↑strawberry geranium, ↑mother of thousands, ↑Saxifraga stolonifera, ↑Saxifraga sarmentosam • Hypernyms: ↑saxifrage,… …

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  • 77western saxifrage — noun saxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leaves; moist slopes of western North America • Syn: ↑Saxifraga occidentalis • Hypernyms: ↑saxifrage, ↑breakstone, ↑rockfoil • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 78Golden saxifrage — Golden Gold en (g[=o]ld n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See {Gold}, and cf. {Guilder}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. [1913… …

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  • 79Meadow saxifrage — Meadow Mead ow, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. Fat meadow ground. Milton. [1913 Webster] Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the …

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  • 80early saxifrage — an eastern North American plant, Saxifraga virginiensis, of the saxifrage family, having toothed basal leaves and branched clusters of small white flowers. * * * …

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