star saxifrage

1. 1.

   small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe

   Synonymsstarry saxifrageSaxifraga stellaris

   Broadersaxifrage

   Part ofSaxifraga

Questions about star saxifrage

What does star saxifrage mean?

star saxifrage means "small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe".

What is another word for star saxifrage?

Close synonyms include starry saxifrage, Saxifraga stellaris. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is star saxifrage a common word?

star saxifrage is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.