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Saxifrage

Any plant in the genus Saxifraga.

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    Any plant in the genus Saxifraga.

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breakstonenounSaxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
rockfoilnounsaxifrage

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breakstonenounSaxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
rockfoilnounsaxifrage
burnetnounAny of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.
golden saxifragenounAny of various plants of the genus Chrysosplenium, having yellow flowers.
strawberry saxifragenounSaxifraga stolonifera, a perennial flowering plant.
alpine saxifragenounMicranthes nivalis (snow saxifrage), a Eurasian plant
meadow saxifragenounThe plant Saxifraga granulata.
moss saxifragenounSynonym of mossy saxifrage.
mossy saxifragenounSaxifraga bryoides, a saxifrage found in the Arctic tundra and on European mountain ranges at high altitudes.
saxifraxnoun(US, regional, colloquial) sassafras
mother of thousandsnounAny plant of species Bryophyllum delagoense of succulent plants native to Madagascar.
strawberry geraniumnounSynonym of strawberry saxifrage (“a plant of species Saxifraga stolonifera”).
burnet saxifragenounPimpinella saxifraga, a plant of the family Apiaceae.
nailwortnounWhitlowwort (Paronychia spp.).
sagenounThe plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
saxefrasnounObsolete spelling of sassafras. [(countable) A tree of species Sassafras albidum of the eastern United States and Asia having mitten-shaped leaves and red, aromatic heartwood.]
sailor plantnounThe plant Saxifraga stolonifera.
spergulanoun(botany) Any of the plants of the genus Spergula.
london pridenounA perennial saxifragaceous plant (Saxifraga × urbium, a hybrid of Saxifraga umbrosa and Saxifraga spathularis) that has a basal rosette of leaves and pinkish-white flowers.
bergenianounAny of the genus Bergenia of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae.

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