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saxifrage
[ sak-suh-frij ]
noun
- 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.
saxifrage
/ ˈ²õæ°ì²õɪˌ´Ú°ù±ðɪ»åÏô /
noun
- any saxifragaceous plant of the genus Saxifraga, characterized by smallish white, yellow, purple, or pink flowers
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of saxifrage1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of saxifrage1
Example Sentences
His goal, working with the National Trust and Natural Resource Wales, is to restore some of that biodiversity by re-introducing the extinct rosy saxifrage - a plant he calls a mountain jewel - to Eryri or Snowdonia.
Springy moss, purple and yellow saxifrage, and a type of buttercup stay within centimetres of the ground.
The grots and rocky walls were already starred with saxifrages and stonecrops.
And in confirmation, a little Arctic flower, a purple saxifrage, blossomed improbably where the witch had planted it as a signal in a cranny of the rock.
Glints of colour, purple saxifrage, sphagnum moss, the reddening leaves of the bilberry.
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