western saxifrage

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   saxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leaves; moist slopes of western North America

   SynonymsSaxifraga occidentalis

   Broadersaxifrage

   Part ofSaxifraga

Questions about western saxifrage

What does western saxifrage mean?

western saxifrage means "saxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leaves; moist slopes of western North America".

What is another word for western saxifrage?

Close synonyms include Saxifraga occidentalis. 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 western saxifrage a common word?

western 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.