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Webster 1913 Edition

Saxifrage

Sax′i-frage

(?; 48)
,
Noun.
[L.
saxifraga
, from
saxifragus
stone-breaking;
saxum
rock +
frangere
to break: cf. F.
saxifrage
. See
Fracture
, and cf.
Sassafras
,
Saxon
.]
(Bot.)
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-succulent herb (
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
) growing in rivulets in Europe; also,
Chrysosplenium Americanum
, common in the United States. See also under
Golden
.
–
Meadow saxifrage
, or
Pepper saxifrage
.
See under
Meadow
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Saxifrage

SAX'IFRAGE

,
Noun.
[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.

Definition 2024

saxifrage

saxifrage

English

Noun

saxifrage ‎(plural saxifrages)

  1. A plant in the genus Saxifraga

Derived terms

Translations

See also

French

Etymology

Latin saxifraga.

Pronunciation

Noun

saxifrage f ‎(plural saxifrages)

  1. Saxifrage, a plant of the genus Saxifraga.

Latin

Adjective

saxifrage

  1. vocative masculine singular of saxifragus

Etymology

From Old French saxifrage, from Late Latin saxifraga, from Latin saxifragus ‎(“stonebreaking”).

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