Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of polypetalous plants popularly known as saxifrage, type of the order Saxifragaceæ and tribe Saxifrageæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See
saxifrage .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage
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The _Megasea_ section of the Saxifraga is a very distinct genus; there are several forms with but slight distinctions in the section, but the species now under notice may be readily distinguished from its nearest known relatives, first by its extra size in all its parts, next by its wrinkled heart-shaped leaves.
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The ancient Romans also had their rock-breaking plant, called Saxifraga, or "sassafras."
Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872
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Many species are restricted to Monte Perdido such as Saxifraga iratiana and Androsace pyrenaica, Rupicapra p. pyrenaica, Capra p. pyrenaica, and Rana pyrenaica.
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Rare plant species include mountain arnica Arnica Montana, swamp willow Salix myrtilloides, river birch Betula obscura, Isopyrum thalictroides, twelve Orchidaceae, Saxifraga hirculus, the aquatic species Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum and Lathyrus laevigatus, and Hedera helix, here at the eastern limit of its range.
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Molecular diversity and derivations of populations of Silene acaulis and Saxifraga oppositifolia from the high Arctic and more southerly latitudes.
Genetic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009
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Soroseris gillii and Saxifraga tangutica in drift stone formations.
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Sex after all: high levels of diversity detected in the arctic clonal plant Saxifraga cernua using RAPD markers.
Genetic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009
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Sex after all: high levels of diversity detected in the arctic clonal plant Saxifraga cernua using RAPD markers.
Genetic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009
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Molecular diversity and derivations of populations of Silene acaulis and Saxifraga oppositifolia from the high Arctic and more southerly latitudes.
Genetic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009
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Northern Atlantic species include Botiychium lunaria, Ophioglossum vulgatum, Gentianella campestris, Ligusticum scoticum and Sedum rosea with Arctic-Alpine montane species such as Silene acaulis and Saxifraga oppositifolia.
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008
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