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FAIR-MAIDS-OF-FRANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fair-maids-of-France mean?
• FAIR-MAIDS-OF-FRANCE (noun)
The noun FAIR-MAIDS-OF-FRANCE has 1 sense:
1. rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe
Familiarity information: FAIR-MAIDS-OF-FRANCE 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 ("fair-maids-of-France" is a kind of...):
breakstone; rockfoil; saxifrage (any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga)
Holonyms ("fair-maids-of-France" 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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