LEATHERLEAF SAXIFRAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leatherleaf saxifrage mean? 

• LEATHERLEAF SAXIFRAGE (noun)
  The noun LEATHERLEAF SAXIFRAGE has 1 sense:

1. plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho

  Familiarity information: LEATHERLEAF SAXIFRAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEATHERLEAF SAXIFRAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

leatherleaf saxifrage; Leptarrhena pyrolifolia

Hypernyms ("leatherleaf saxifrage" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("leatherleaf saxifrage" is a member of...):

genus Leptarrhena; Leptarrhena (one species: leatherleaf saxifrage)