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saxifrage

Syllabification: (sax·i·frage)
Definition of saxifrage

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'

saxifrage in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of saxifrage in the British & World English dictionary