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SAXIFRAGA OPPOSITIFOLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saxifraga oppositifolia mean? 

SAXIFRAGA OPPOSITIFOLIA (noun)
  The noun SAXIFRAGA OPPOSITIFOLIA has 1 sense:

1. plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North Americaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SAXIFRAGA OPPOSITIFOLIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

purple saxifrage; Saxifraga oppositifolia

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

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

Holonyms ("Saxifraga oppositifolia" 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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