saxifrage

[ sak-suh-frij ]

/ ˈsæk sə frɪdʒ /

noun

any plant of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers.

Compare saxifrage family.

Origin of saxifrage

1400–50; late Middle English <Latin saxifraga (herba) stone-breaking (herb), equivalent to saxi-, combining form of saxum stone + -fraga, feminine of -fragus breaking; see fragile

Words nearby saxifrage

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, saxhorn, saxicoline, saxicolous, saxifragaceous, saxifrage, saxifrage family, saxitoxin, Saxo Grammaticus, Saxon, Saxon blue

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Example sentences from the Web for saxifrage

Saxifrage, and stone-crop and house-leek are here in variety.
Nature Near London|Richard Jefferies
Doris brought in the first violets on the fifteenth, with a few wisps of saxifrage and ragged robin.
Kit of Greenacre Farm|Izola Forrester
Only where tiny streams trickled and sang through rocks and shallow courses, grew ferns and the huge leaves of the saxifrage.
The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White
March 10—Poplar and willow catkins started; also equisetum (horse-tail), saxifrage, and probably other water plants.
Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No. 4, April 1899|Various

Pistil of a Saxifrage, of two simple carpels or pistil-leaves, united at the base only, cut across both above and below.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray

British Dictionary definitions for saxifrage

saxifrage

/ (ˈsæksɪˌfreɪdʒ) /

noun

any saxifragaceous plant of the genus Saxifraga, characterized by smallish white, yellow, purple, or pink flowers

Word Origin for saxifrage

C15: from Late Latin saxifraga, literally: rock-breaker (probably alluding to its ability to dissolve kidney stones), from Latin saxum rock + frangere to break

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单词	saxifrage
释义	saxifrage [ sak-suh-frij ] / ˈsæk sə frɪdʒ / noun any plant of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers. Compare saxifrage family. Origin of saxifrage 1400–50; late Middle English <Latin saxifraga (herba) stone-breaking (herb), equivalent to saxi-, combining form of saxum stone + -fraga, feminine of -fragus breaking; see fragile Words nearby saxifrage Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, saxhorn, saxicoline, saxicolous, saxifragaceous, saxifrage, saxifrage family, saxitoxin, Saxo Grammaticus, Saxon, Saxon blue Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for saxifrage Saxifrage, and stone-crop and house-leek are here in variety. Nature Near London\|Richard Jefferies Doris brought in the first violets on the fifteenth, with a few wisps of saxifrage and ragged robin. Kit of Greenacre Farm\|Izola Forrester Only where tiny streams trickled and sang through rocks and shallow courses, grew ferns and the huge leaves of the saxifrage. The Rules of the Game\|Stewart Edward White March 10—Poplar and willow catkins started; also equisetum (horse-tail), saxifrage, and probably other water plants. Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No. 4, April 1899\|Various Pistil of a Saxifrage, of two simple carpels or pistil-leaves, united at the base only, cut across both above and below. The Elements of Botany\|Asa Gray British Dictionary definitions for saxifrage saxifrage / (ˈsæksɪˌfreɪdʒ) / noun any saxifragaceous plant of the genus Saxifraga, characterized by smallish white, yellow, purple, or pink flowers Word Origin for saxifrage C15: from Late Latin saxifraga, literally: rock-breaker (probably alluding to its ability to dissolve kidney stones), from Latin saxum rock + frangere to break Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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