English > rockfoil: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga. |
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| Synonyms | saxifrage, breakstone |
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| Member of | Saxifraga, genus Saxifraga | type genus of the Saxifragaceae |
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| Narrower | 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 |
| 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 | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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| Spanish | breakstone, saxífraga, saxifraga |
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| Catalan | breakstone, saxifraga |
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