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MEADOW SAXIFRAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meadow saxifrage mean? 

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

1. rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MEADOW SAXIFRAGE (noun)


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 ("meadow saxifrage" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("meadow 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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