saxifraga

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saxifraga - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Saxifraga \Sax*if"ra*ga\, n. [L., saxifrage. See Saxifrage.]
     (Bot.)
     A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one
     hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage.
     [1913 Webster]

saxifraga - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Saxifraga
      n 1: type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually
           perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern
           hemisphere: saxifrage [syn: Saxifraga, genus Saxifraga]