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YELLOW MOUNTAIN SAXIFRAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow mountain saxifrage mean?
• YELLOW MOUNTAIN SAXIFRAGE (noun)
The noun YELLOW MOUNTAIN SAXIFRAGE has 1 sense:
1. tufted evergreen perennial having ciliate leaves and yellow corymbose flowers often spotted orange
Familiarity information: YELLOW MOUNTAIN SAXIFRAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• YELLOW MOUNTAIN SAXIFRAGE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tufted evergreen perennial having ciliate leaves and yellow corymbose flowers often spotted orange
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Saxifraga aizoides; yellow mountain saxifrage
Hypernyms ("yellow mountain saxifrage" is a kind of...):
breakstone; rockfoil; saxifrage (any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga)
Holonyms ("yellow mountain 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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