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Definition of Saxifrage family
1. Noun. A large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Rosales, Rosales
Member holonyms: Genus Saxifraga, Saxifraga, Genus Astilbe, Genus Bergenia, Boykinia, Genus Boykinia, Chrysosplenium, Genus Chrysosplenium, Darmera, Genus Darmera, Genus Peltiphyllum, Peltiphyllum, Francoa, Genus Francoa, Genus Heuchera, Heuchera, Genus Leptarrhena, Leptarrhena, Genus Lithophragma, Lithophragma, Genus Mitella, Mitella, Genus Parnassia, Genus Suksdorfia, Genus Tellima, Tellima, Genus Tiarella, Tiarella, Genus Tolmiea, Tolmiea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saxifrage Family
Literary usage of Saxifrage family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"saxifrage family. 1829. Herbs, shrubs, vines, or trees, with basal or alternate
or opposite leaves. ..."
2. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"Across the path from the orpine family will be found the three beds devoted to
the saxifrage family. The heart-leaved saxifrage, with its large thick leaves ..."
3. Mountain Wild Flowers of America: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names by Julia W. Henshaw (1906)
"saxifrage family Stems: six to fifteen inches high, rigid, with one or two small
leaves with sheathing petioles. Leaves: obovate, coarsely serrate above ths ..."
4. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"saxifrage family Stems: six to fifteen inches high, rigid, with one or two small
leaves with sheathing petioles. Leaves: obovate, coarsely serrate above the ..."
5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"saxifrage family. 1829. Herbs, shrubs, vines, or trees, with basal or alternate
or opposite leaves. ..."
6. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"Across the path from the orpine family will be found the three beds devoted to
the saxifrage family. The heart-leaved saxifrage, with its large thick leaves ..."
7. Mountain Wild Flowers of America: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names by Julia W. Henshaw (1906)
"saxifrage family Stems: six to fifteen inches high, rigid, with one or two small
leaves with sheathing petioles. Leaves: obovate, coarsely serrate above ths ..."
8. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"saxifrage family Stems: six to fifteen inches high, rigid, with one or two small
leaves with sheathing petioles. Leaves: obovate, coarsely serrate above the ..."
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