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MEADOW SAXIFRAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does meadow saxifrage mean?
• MEADOW SAXIFRAGE (noun)
The noun MEADOW SAXIFRAGE has 1 sense:
1. rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe
Familiarity information: MEADOW SAXIFRAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
fair-maids-of-France; meadow saxifrage; Saxifraga granulata
Hypernyms ("meadow saxifrage" is a kind of...):
breakstone; rockfoil; saxifrage (any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga)
Holonyms ("meadow saxifrage" is a member of...):
genus Saxifraga; Saxifraga (type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage)
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