early saxifrage

early saxifrage
an eastern North American plant, Saxifraga virginiensis, of the saxifrage family, having toothed basal leaves and branched clusters of small white flowers.

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  • early saxifrage — noun : a small sticky white flowered herb (Saxifraga virginiensis) common on rocky ledges in eastern No. America * * * an eastern North American plant, Saxifraga virginiensis, of the saxifrage family, having toothed basal leaves and branched… …   Useful english dictionary

  • saxifrage — /sak seuh frij/, n. any plant of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers. Cf. saxifrage family. [1400 50; late ME < L saxifraga (herba) stone breaking …   Universalium

  • rock saxifrage — noun : early saxifrage …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Golden saxifrage — Golden Gold en (g[=o]ld n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See {Gold}, and cf. {Guilder}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Meadow saxifrage — Meadow Mead ow, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. Fat meadow ground. Milton. [1913 Webster] Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Saxifraga — This article is about the plant genus. For other uses, see Saxifrage (disambiguation). Saxifraga Saxifraga cochlearis Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • Saxifraga virginiensis — Taxobox name = Early saxifrage image width = 250px image caption = regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Saxifragales familia = Saxifragaceae genus = Saxifraga species = S. virginiensis binomial = Saxifraga… …   Wikipedia

  • Saxifraga virginiensis — ID 75715 Symbol Key SAVI5 Common Name early saxifrage Family Saxifragaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Wildflowers of Soldiers Delight — The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, consists of about convert|1900|acre|km2 of land in Owings Mills, Maryland, USA. cite web url = http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/soldiers.html title = Soldiers Delight Natural… …   Wikipedia

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