| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| saxifrage |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sax·i·frage |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s k s -fr j, -fr j |
| NOUN: | Any of numerous herbs of the genus Saxifraga, having small, variously colored flowers and leaves that often form a basal rosette. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin (herba) saxifraga, maidenhair fern, feminine of Latin saxifragus, rock-breaking (from its being found growing in rock crevices) : saxum, rock; see sek- in Appendix I + frangere, frag-, to break; see bhreg- in Appendix I.
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