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saxifrage
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SAXIFRAGE
n.[L. saqxifraga; composed of saxum, a stone, and frango, to break. ] A medicine that has the property of breaking or dissolving the stone in the bladder. But in botany, a genus of plants of many species. The burnet saxifrage is of the genus Pimpinella; the golden saxifrage is of the genus Chrysoplenium; the meadow saxifrage is of the genus Peucedanum.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SAXIFRAGE
Sax "i *frage (; 48 ), n. Etym: [L. saxifraga, from saxifragus stone- breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break: cf. F. saxifrage. See Fracture, and cf. Sassafras, Saxon. ] (Bot. )
Defn: Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions. Burnet saxifrage, a European umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella Saxifraga ). -- Golden saxifrage, a low half-sacculent herb (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium ) growing in rivulets in Europe; also, C. Americanum, common in the United States. See also under Golden. -- Meadow saxifrage, or Pepper saxifrage. See under Meadow.
New American Oxford Dictionary
saxifrage
sax i frage |ˈsaksəˌfrij, -frāj ˈsæksəˌfreɪ (d )ʒ | ▶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. Many are grown as alpines in rock gardens. [Genus Saxifraga, family Saxifragaceae. ] ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French saxifrage or late Latin saxifraga (herba ), from Latin saxum ‘rock ’ + frangere ‘break. ’
Oxford Dictionary
saxifrage
saxifrage |ˈsaksɪfreɪdʒ | ▶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. Many are grown as alpines in rockeries. ●Genus Saxifraga, family Saxifragaceae. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French saxifrage or late Latin saxifraga (herba ), from Latin saxum ‘rock ’ + frangere ‘break ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
saxifrage
sax i frage /sǽksɪfrèɪdʒ, -frɪdʒ /名詞 U 〘植 〙ユキノシタ .
The Wordsmith Dictionary