SAXIFRAGE


Meaning of SAXIFRAGE in English

[ 'saksɪfreɪdʒ ]

■ noun a low-growing plant of poor soils, bearing small white, yellow, or red flowers and forming rosettes of succulent leaves or hummocks of mossy leaves. [Genus Saxifraga .]

Origin

ME: from OFr. ~ or late L. saxifraga (herba) , from L. saxum 'rock' + frangere 'break'.

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