Saxifraga

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saxifraga \Sax*if"ra*ga\, n. [L., saxifrage. See {Saxifrage}.]
     (Bot.)
     A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one
     hundred and eighty species. See {Saxifrage}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Saxifraga
       n : type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually
           perennial herbs of arctic and cool regions of northern
           hemisphere: saxifrage [syn: {genus Saxifraga}]