saxifrage
English Thesaurus
1. any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | herb, herbaceous plant, |
definition | : | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | saxifraga aizoides, yellow mountain saxifrage, |
definition | : | tufted evergreen perennial having ciliate leaves and yellow corymbose flowers often spotted orange (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | fair-maids-of-france, meadow saxifrage, saxifraga granulata, |
definition | : | rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | mossy saxifrage, saxifraga hypnoides, |
definition | : | tufted or mat-forming perennial of mountains of Europe; cultivated for its white flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | saxifraga occidentalis, western saxifrage, |
definition | : | saxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leaves; moist slopes of western North America (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | purple saxifrage, saxifraga oppositifolia, |
definition | : | plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | saxifraga stellaris, star saxifrage, starry saxifrage, |
definition | : | small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | mother-of-thousands, saxifraga sarmentosam, saxifraga stolonifera, strawberry geranium, strawberry saxifrage, |
definition | : | eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | genus saxifraga, saxifraga, |
definition | : | type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage (noun.plant) |
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