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Definition of Golden saxifrage
1. Noun. Any of various low aquatic herbs of the genus Chrysosplenium.
Group relationships: Chrysosplenium, Genus Chrysosplenium
Specialized synonyms: Chrysosplenium Americanum, Water Carpet, Water Mat
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Plant, Hydrophyte, Hydrophytic Plant, Water Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Golden Saxifrage
Literary usage of Golden saxifrage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"American golden saxifrage. 3. MITELLA. Linn.— Bishop's-Cap. (A diminutive of the
Latin mitra, a mitre or cap; in allusion to the form of the capsule. ..."
2. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"They are two in number, both perennials, flowering in May. The alternate-leaved
golden-saxifrage (Ch. ... The opposite-leaved golden- saxifrage (СЛ. ..."
3. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants by William Withering, William Macgillivray (1837)
"GOLDEN-SAXIFRAGE. Calyx superior, of one leaf, deeply divided into four or five
unequal, spreading, ... Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage. Leaves alternate. ..."
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