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saxifrage

noun
🔊/ˈsæksɪfreɪdʒ/
🔊/ˈsæksɪfreɪdʒ/, 🔊/ˈsæksɪfrɪdʒ/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1. a small plant with small white, yellow or red flowers, that grows among rocks on mountains
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French saxifrage or late Latin saxifraga (herba), from Latin saxum ‘rock’ + frangere ‘break’.