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WESTERN SAXIFRAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does western saxifrage mean?
• WESTERN SAXIFRAGE (noun)
The noun WESTERN SAXIFRAGE has 1 sense:
1. saxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leaves; moist slopes of western North America
Familiarity information: WESTERN SAXIFRAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Saxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leaves; moist slopes of western North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Saxifraga occidentalis; western saxifrage
Hypernyms ("western saxifrage" is a kind of...):
breakstone; rockfoil; saxifrage (any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga)
Holonyms ("western 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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