English > genus Saxifraga: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions / regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage. |
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Synonym | Saxifraga |
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Member of | Saxifragaceae, family Saxifragaceae, saxifrage family | A large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs |
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Members | meadow saxifrage, fair-maids-of-France, Saxifraga granulata | rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers |
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mossy saxifrage, Saxifraga hypnoides | tufted or mat-forming perennial of mountains of Europe |
purple saxifrage, Saxifraga oppositifolia | plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers |
saxifrage, breakstone, rockfoil | Any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga |
star saxifrage, starry saxifrage, Saxifraga stellaris | small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers |
strawberry geranium, strawberry saxifrage, mother-of-thousands, Saxifraga stolonifera, Saxifraga sarmentosam | Eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers |
western saxifrage, Saxifraga occidentalis | saxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leaves |
yellow mountain saxifrage, Saxifraga aizoides | tufted evergreen perennial having ciliate leaves and yellow corymbose flowers often spotted orange |
Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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Spanish | genus saxifraga, saxifraga |
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Catalan | genus saxifraga, saxifraga, Saxifraga, Saxífraga |
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