saxifraga Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage
    genus Saxifraga.

WordNet

Sax*if"ra*ga noun
Etymology
L., saxifrage. See Saxifrage.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage.

Webster 1913