Definition of saxifragaceae Saxifragaceae
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What does saxifragaceae mean?
WordNet
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| saxifragaceae - 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 | ||
| family Saxifragaceae, saxifrage family | ||
| rosid dicot family a family of dicotyledonous plants | ||
| order rosales, rosales in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae | ||
| genus saxifraga, saxifraga type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage | ||
| genus astilbe chiefly Asiatic perennials: spirea | ||
| genus bergenia genus of perennial spring-blooming rhizomatous herbs with thick evergreen leaves; eastern Asia | ||
| boykinia, genus boykinia genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles; North America; Japan | ||
| chrysosplenium, genus chrysosplenium genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs with minute greenish-yellow apetalous flowers | ||
| darmera, genus darmera, genus peltiphyllum, peltiphyllum one species | ||
| francoa, genus francoa perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers; Chile | ||
| genus heuchera, heuchera genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers | ||
| genus leptarrhena, leptarrhena one species: leatherleaf saxifrage | ||
| genus lithophragma, lithophragma small genus of perennial herbs of the western North America | ||
| genus mitella, mitella genus of low slender herbs of North America and northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals | ||
| genus parnassia genus of bog herbs of Arctic and northern temperate regions | ||
| genus suksdorfia small genus of rhizomatous herbs of northwestern America and South America | ||
| genus tellima, tellima genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers; western North America | ||
| genus tiarella, tiarella small genus of North American herbs having mostly basal leaves and slender racemes of delicate white flowers | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- saxifragaceae, noun, singular of saxifragaceaes.
