purple saxifrage

purple saxifrage
noun
plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America
Hypernyms: ↑saxifrage, ↑breakstone, ↑rockfoil
Member Holonyms: ↑Saxifraga, ↑genus Saxifraga

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noun
: a low densely tufted perennial saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) growing on cool wet rocks in northern regions and having purplish imbricated keeled leaves and a solitary terminal purple flower

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  • purple mountain saxifrage — tankialapė uolaskėlė statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Saxifraga oppositifolia angl. purple mountain saxifrage; purple saxifrage vok. gegenblättriger Steinbrech; paarblättriger Steinbrech; roter Steinbrech rus. камнеломка… …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • saxifrage — [sak′sə frij΄] n. [ME < MFr < L saxifraga < saxum, a rock (see SAXATILE) + base of frangere, to BREAK: prob. from growing in rock crevices] any of a genus (Saxifraga) of chiefly perennial plants of the saxifrage family, with small white …   English World dictionary

  • saxifrage — /sak seuh frij/, n. any plant of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers. Cf. saxifrage family. [1400 50; late ME < L saxifraga (herba) stone breaking …   Universalium

  • Golden saxifrage — Golden Gold en (g[=o]ld n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See {Gold}, and cf. {Guilder}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Saxifraga — This article is about the plant genus. For other uses, see Saxifrage (disambiguation). Saxifraga Saxifraga cochlearis Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

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  • Saxifraga — noun type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage • Syn: ↑genus Saxifraga • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Saxifragaceae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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, ↑f …   Useful english dictionary

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