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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 flowersplay

  Familiarity information: SAXIFRAGA HYPNOIDES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SAXIFRAGA HYPNOIDES (noun)


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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