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saxifrage

/ˈsæk.sɪ.frɛɪd͡ʒ/

saxifrage noun: any plant in the genus Saxifraga.

saxifrage: any plant in the genus Saxifraga
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Noun

saxifrage (countable and uncountable, plural saxifrages)

  1. Any plant in the genus Saxifraga.

saxifrage meaning in Tamil

saxifrage in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of saxifrage

pluralsaxifrages

Origin of saxifrage

From Old French saxifrage, from Late Latin saxifraga, from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”). Doublet of sassafras.

Words formed from saxifrage

Questions about saxifrage

What does saxifrage mean?
Saxifrage means any plant in the genus Saxifraga.
What is saxifrage in Tamil?
Saxifrage in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Saxifrage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is saxifrage?
Saxifrage is a noun.
How do you pronounce saxifrage?
Saxifrage is pronounced /ˈsæk.sɪ.frɛɪd͡ʒ/.
What is the plural of saxifrage?
The plural of saxifrage is saxifrages.

Words near saxifrage in the dictionary

  1. saxicolous
  2. saxicolously
  3. saxifragaceous
  4. saxifragal
  5. saxifragalean
  6. saxifrage
  7. saxifrages
  8. saxifragine
  9. saxifragous
  10. saxifrax
  11. saxify

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saxifrage (page history and authors); saxifrage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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