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STAR SAXIFRAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does star saxifrage mean? 

STAR SAXIFRAGE (noun)
  The noun STAR SAXIFRAGE has 1 sense:

1. small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


STAR SAXIFRAGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Saxifraga stellaris; star saxifrage; starry saxifrage

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

breakstone; rockfoil; saxifrage (any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga)

Holonyms ("star 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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