Search for crossword answers and clues
Large genus of usually perennial herbs of arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere saxifrage
Answer for the clue "Large genus of usually perennial herbs of arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere saxifrage ", 9 letters:
saxifraga
Alternative clues for the word saxifraga
Word definitions for saxifraga in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Saxifraga is the largest genus in the family Saxifragaceae , containing about 440 species of holarctic perennial plants , known as saxifrages or rockfoils . The Latin word saxifraga means literally "stone-breaker", from Latin ("rock" or "stone") + ("to ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saxifraga \Sax*if"ra*ga\, n. [L., saxifrage. See Saxifrage .] (Bot.) A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage .
Usage examples of saxifraga.
Potentilla fruticosa, Pratia repens, Pyrethrum uliginosum, Rudbeckia californica, Saponaria ocymoides, Saxifraga mutata, S.
Jasminum nudiflorum, Petasites vulgaris, Polyanthus, Primula acaulis, Saxifraga Burseriana.
Anemone japonica, Aralia Sieboldi, Asters, Chrysanthemum, Lilium auratum, Origanum pulchellum, Petasites vulgaris, Physalis Alkekengi, Primula vulgaris flore-pleno, Saxifraga Fortunei, Stokesia cyanea.
Ononis rotundifolia, Onosma taurica, Orchis foliosa, Ourisia coccinea, Pentstemons, Physalis Alkekengi, Polygonum cuspidatum, Potentilla fructicosa, Pratia repens, Primula sikkimensis, Ramondia pyrenaica, Ranunculus aconitifolius flore-pleno, Rudbeckia californica, Saponaria ocymoides, Saxifraga longifolia, S.
All the sections of Saxifraga to which it belongs are fond of good loam, well enriched.
Potentilla fruticosa, Pratia repens, Primula vulgaris flore-pleno, Rudbeckia serotina, Salix reticulata, Saxifraga Fortunei, Sedum spectabile, Senecio pulcher, Statice latifolia, S.
The most interesting case for us is that of the two species of Saxifraga, as this genus is distantly allied to Drosera.
This is the case with two species of Saxifraga, and the glands of one of them apparently absorb matter from captured insects, and certainly from an infusion of raw meat.