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SAXIFRAGA HYPNOIDES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Saxifraga hypnoides mean?
• SAXIFRAGA HYPNOIDES (noun)
The noun SAXIFRAGA HYPNOIDES has 1 sense:
1. tufted or mat-forming perennial of mountains of Europe; cultivated for its white flowers
Familiarity information: SAXIFRAGA HYPNOIDES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tufted or mat-forming perennial of mountains of Europe; cultivated for its white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
mossy saxifrage; Saxifraga hypnoides
Hypernyms ("Saxifraga hypnoides" is a kind of...):
breakstone; rockfoil; saxifrage (any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga)
Holonyms ("Saxifraga hypnoides" 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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