rockfoiln.
/ˈrɒkfɔɪl/, U.S. /ˈrɑkˌfɔɪl/ = saxifrage n. 1.
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1879 J. Ruskin Proserpina I. viii. 160 Their names..can be pleasantly said..in this order..Roof-foil, Rock-foil, Primrose.
1887 G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening III. 311/1 Rockfoil. A name, suggested by Ruskin, for the genus Saxifraga.
1914 W. Irving & R. A. Malby Saxifrages i. 1 There is no other genus of rock plants that is so extensive as that of the Rockfoils.
1963 R. D. Meikle Garden Flowers 159 (heading) Saxifrage, Rockfoil.
2005 M. Kirton Plot (2007) 155/1 The absolute classic rock plants include stone cress (Aethionema sp.), rock cress (Arabis sp.), rockfoil (Saxifraga sp.), [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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