SAXIFRAGA OCCIDENTALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saxifraga occidentalis mean? 

• SAXIFRAGA OCCIDENTALIS (noun)
  The noun SAXIFRAGA OCCIDENTALIS has 1 sense:

1. saxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leaves; moist slopes of western North America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAXIFRAGA OCCIDENTALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Saxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leaves; moist slopes of western North America

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Saxifraga occidentalis; western saxifrage

Hypernyms ("Saxifraga occidentalis" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Saxifraga occidentalis" 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)