noun
plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America
• Syn: ↑Saxifraga oppositifolia
• Hypernyms: ↑saxifrage, ↑breakstone, ↑rockfoil
• Member Holonyms: ↑Saxifraga, ↑genus Saxifraga
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noun : a low densely tufted perennial saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) growing on cool wet rocks in northern regions and having purplish imbricated keeled leaves and a solitary terminal purple flower
Useful english dictionary. 2012.