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sax•i•frage n.

Plant Biologyany 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.

Latin saxifraga (herba) stone-breaking (herb), equivalent. to saxi-, combining form of saxum stone + -fraga, feminine of -fragus breaking; see fragile
late Middle English 1400–50

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saxifrage / ˈsæksɪˌfreɪdʒ/

any saxifragaceous plant of the genus Saxifraga, characterized by smallish white, yellow, purple, or pink flowers

Etymology: 15th Century: from Late Latin saxifraga, literally: rock-breaker (probably alluding to its ability to dissolve kidney stones), from Latin saxum rock + frangere to break

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