saxifrage family

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.

Example Sentences

Endless are the ranks of the saxifrage family in white; countless the numbers of the pink family.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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