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saxifrage

sax·i·frage
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sak-suh-frij]
    • /ˈsæk sə frɪdʒ/
    • /ˈsæksɪfrɪʤ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sak-suh-frij]
    • /ˈsæk sə frɪdʒ/

Definitions of saxifrage word

  • noun saxifrage 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. 1
  • noun saxifrage any saxifragaceous plant of the genus Saxifraga, characterized by smallish white, yellow, purple, or pink flowers 0
  • noun saxifrage any of a genus (Saxifraga) of chiefly perennial plants of the saxifrage family, with small white, yellow, purple, or pinkish flowers, and with leaves massed usually at the base of the plant 0
  • adjective saxifrage designating a family (Saxifragaceae, order Rosales) of dicotyledonous plants found chiefly in the North Temperate and Arctic zones, including the currants and gooseberries 0
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Origin of saxifrage

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English < Latin saxifraga (herba) stone-breaking (herb), equivalent to saxi-, combining form of saxum stone + -fraga, feminine of -fragus breaking; see fragile

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saxifrage popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Top questions with saxifrage

  • what eats saxifrage?
  • whose official flower is the purple saxifrage?

Related words

  • early saxifrage

    an eastern North American plant, Saxifraga virginiensis, of the saxifrage family, having toothed basal leaves and branched clusters of small white flowers.

  • saxifragaceous

    belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.

  • saxifrage family

    the plant family Saxifragaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and small trees having alternate or opposite leaves, clustered or solitary flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the astilbe, currant, deutzia, gooseberry, hydrangea, mock orange, piggy-back plant, saxifrage, and strawberry geranium.

  • alumroot

    any of several North American plants of the saxifragaceous genus Heuchera, having small white, reddish, or green bell-shaped flowers and astringent roots

  • astilbe

    any perennial saxifragaceous plant of the genus Astilbe of E Asia and North America: cultivated for their ornamental spikes or panicles of pink or white flowers

  • black currant

    the small, round, blackish, edible fruit of a widely cultivated shrub, Ribes nigrum, of the saxifrage family.
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