saxifrage family

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noun

1. the plant family Saxifragaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and small trees having alternate or opposite leaves, clustered or solitary flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the astilbe, currant, deutzia, gooseberry, hydrangea, mock orange, piggy-back plant, saxifrage, and strawberry geranium.

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Example Sentences

Mock′-or′ange, an ornamental shrub of the saxifrage family—also Syringa.

From Project Gutenberg

There are also numerous small herbaceous plants of the saxifrage family, some forming dense mats to the exclusion of other plants.

From Project Gutenberg