| saxifraga | (n) type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage, Syn. genus Saxifraga |
| saxifragaceae | (n) 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, Syn. family Saxifragaceae, saxifrage family |
| meadow saxifrage | (n) rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe, Syn. Saxifraga granulata, fair-maids-of-France |
| mossy saxifrage | (n) tufted or mat-forming perennial of mountains of Europe; cultivated for its white flowers, Syn. Saxifraga hypnoides |
| purple saxifrage | (n) plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America, Syn. Saxifraga oppositifolia |
| star saxifrage | (n) small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe, Syn. Saxifraga stellaris, starry saxifrage |
| strawberry geranium | (n) eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons, Syn. mother-of-thousands, strawberry saxifrage, Saxifraga sarmentosam, Saxifraga stolonifera |
| western saxifrage | (n) saxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leaves; moist slopes of western North America, Syn. Saxifraga occidentalis |
| yellow mountain saxifrage | (n) tufted evergreen perennial having ciliate leaves and yellow corymbose flowers often spotted orange, Syn. Saxifraga aizoides |
| Saxifraga | ‖n. [ L., saxifrage. See Saxifrage. ] (Bot.) A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Saxifragaceous | a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants ( |
| Saxifragant | a. [ See Saxifrage. ] Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous. [ R. ] -- |