early saxifrage

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noun

1. an eastern North American plant, Saxifraga virginiensis, of the saxifrage family, having toothed basal leaves and branched clusters of small white flowers.

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early saxifrage

On the cliffs above my pasture are masses of moss, holding, as a pincushion holds a breastpin, little early saxifrage plants.

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