genus Saxifraga

noun

type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage

• Syn: ↑Saxifraga

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Saxifragaceae, ↑family Saxifragaceae, ↑saxifrage family

• Member Meronyms:

↑saxifrage, ↑breakstone, ↑rockfoil, ↑yellow mountain saxifrage, ↑Saxifraga aizoides, ↑meadow saxifrage, ↑fair-maids-of-France, ↑Saxifraga granulata, ↑mossy saxifrage, ↑Saxifraga hypnoides, ↑western saxifrage, ↑Saxifraga occidentalis, ↑purple saxifrage, ↑Saxifraga oppositifolia, ↑star saxifrage, ↑starry saxifrage, ↑Saxifraga stellaris, ↑strawberry geranium, ↑strawberry saxifrage, ↑mother-of-thousands, ↑Saxifraga stolonifera, ↑Saxifraga sarmentosam