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saxifrage

[ sak-suh-frij ]

noun

  1. 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

  1. any saxifragaceous plant of the genus Saxifraga, characterized by smallish white, yellow, purple, or pink flowers
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of saxifrage1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin saxifraga ( herba ) stone-breaking (herb), equivalent to saxi-, combining form of saxum stone + -fraga, feminine of -fragus breaking; fragile
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of saxifrage1

C15: from Late Latin saxifraga, literally: rock-breaker (probably alluding to its ability to dissolve kidney stones), from Latin saxum rock + frangere to break
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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.

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Springy moss, purple and yellow saxifrage, and a type of buttercup stay within centimetres of the ground.

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The grots and rocky walls were already starred with saxifrages and stonecrops.

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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.

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Glints of colour, purple saxifrage, sphagnum moss, the reddening leaves of the bilberry.

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