英语词汇“saxifrages”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

saxifrages

释义

saxifrage /sakˈsi-frij or -frāj/

noun

Any plant of the London pride genus Saxifraga, alpine or rock plants with tufted foliage and small white, yellow or red flowers, giving name to the family Saxifragāˈceae
Extended to certain other plants (see burnet saxifrage under burnet, golden saxifrage under golden)

ORIGIN: L saxifraga, from saxum a stone, and frangere to break (from growing in clefts of rock, or, according to Pliny, from its supposed efficacy in breaking up a calculus in the bladder)

saxifragāˈceous adjective

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