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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.
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.