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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 Americaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


WESTERN SAXIFRAGE (noun)


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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