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Saxifrage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of numerous herbs of the genus Saxifraga, having small, variously colored flowers and leaves that often form a basal rosette.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A plant in the genus Saxifraga.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A plant of the genus Saxifraga.

n. See meadow-saxifrage.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga

Word Usage

"The ice-plant, which is also called a saxifrage, may now be seen in many a garden to which it has been brought from the Kerry mountains, and it is known as"

Equivalent

pepper saxifrage

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

herbaceous plant Herb

Cross Reference

pepper-saxifrage aconite saxifrage early saxifrage meadow-saxifrage lettuce saxifrage

Hyponym

star saxifrage fair-maids-of-france yellow mountain saxifrage meadow saxifrage strawberry saxifrage

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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