saxifrage

English

Etymology

From Old French saxifrage, from Late Latin saxifraga, from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”). Doublet of sassafras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæk.sə.frɪd͡ʒ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

saxifrage (countable and uncountable, plural saxifrages)

1. Any plant in the genus Saxifraga.

Derived terms

• alpine saxifrage
• burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
• early saxifrage (Micranthes virginiensis)
• golden saxifrage (Chrysosplenium spp.)
• livelong saxifrage (Saxifraga paniculata)
• meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata)
• mossy saxifrage, moss saxifrage
• pepper saxifrage (Silaum silaus)
• strawberry saxifrage (Saxifraga stolonifera)

Translations

plant

Bulgarian: обичниче n (običniče) Catalan: saxífraga f Chinese: Mandarin: 虎耳草 (zh) (hǔ'ěrcǎo) Dutch: steenbreek (nl) Finnish: rikko (fi) French: saxifrage (fr) f Galician: seixebra f German: Steinbrech m Hungarian: kőtörőfű (hu), kőrontófű Icelandic: steinbrjótur (is) m Italian: sassifraga f Kazakh: тасжарған (tasjarğan) Korean: 색소폰 (saeksopon) Old English: sundcorn n Polish: skalnica (pl) f Portuguese: saxífraga f Romanian: saxifragă (ro) f Russian: камнеломка (ru) f (kamnelomka) Spanish: saxifraga f Welsh: tormaen m

References

• Saxifraga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Saxifraga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Saxifraga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Saxifraga at USDA Plants database
• Saxifraga at Plants of the World Online

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

saxifrage

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

From Latin saxifraga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sak.si.fʁaʒ/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophone: saxifrages

Noun

saxifrage f (plural saxifrages)

1. Saxifrage, a plant of the genus Saxifraga

Further reading

• “saxifrage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Adjective

saxifrage

1. vocative masculine singular of saxifragus