saxifrage

 
Pronunciation: /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'