Saxifrage

Definition: Saxifrage

Saxifrage

Noun

1. Any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga.

Date "saxifrage" was first used: 1373. (references)

Etymology: Saxifrage \Sax"i*frage\, noun. [Latin expression saxifraga, from saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock frangere to break: compare to the French expression saxifrage. See Fracture, and compare to Sassafras, Saxon.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Saxifrage

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Saxifrage So called because its tender rootlets will penetrate the hardest rock, and break it up. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Saxifrage

Synonyms: breakstone (n), rockfoil (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Saxifrage

English words defined with "saxifrage": Alum root ♦ Burnet saxifrage ♦ genus Leptarrhena, genus Saxifraga, golden saxifrage ♦ Kidneywort ♦ leatherleaf saxifrage, Leptarrhena ♦ meadow saxifrage, mossy saxifrage, mother-of-thousands ♦ Pepper saxifrage, Pimpinel, purple saxifrage ♦ Saxifraga, Saxifraga occidentalis, Saxifraga sarmentosam, Saxifraga stolonifera, Saxifragaceous, saxifrage family, star saxifrage, starry saxifrage, strawberry geranium, strawberry saxifrage ♦ western saxifrage ♦ yellow mountain saxifrage. (references)

Etymologies containing "saxifrage": sassafras, Saxifraga, Saxifragant, Saxifragous. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Saxifrage" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (saxifrage).

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Image Slideshow: Saxifrage

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Photo Album: Saxifrage

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	Oregon Saxifrage (Saxifraga oregana) found at Upper Table Rock.Credit: Terry Tuttle.		Saxifrage (Saxifraga sp.) found in Shady Cove.Credit: Terry Tuttle.
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Usage Frequency: Saxifrage

"Saxifrage" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Saxifrage" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	12	101,599

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Saxifrage

Expressions using "saxifrage": Burnet saxifrage ♦ golden saxifrage ♦ leatherleaf saxifrage ♦ meadow saxifrage ♦ mossy saxifrage ♦ pepper saxifrage ♦ purple saxifrage ♦ saxifrage family ♦ saxifrage stellaris ♦ star saxifrage ♦ starry saxifrage ♦ strawberry saxifrage ♦ western saxifrage ♦ yellow mountain saxifrage. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Saxifrage

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
saxifrage	12
purple saxifrage	3
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Modern Translations: Saxifrage

Language		Translations for "saxifrage"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏كاسر الحجر. (various references)

Bulgarian		обичниче, потайниче. (various references)

Czech		lomikámen. (various references)

Dutch		steenbreek. (various references)

Faeroese		steinbrot. (various references)

Finnish		kivirikko. (various references)

French		saxifrage. (various references)

German		Steinbrech. (various references)

Greek		έμπετρο. (various references)

Hungarian		kõtörõfû, kőtörőke, kőtörőfű. (various references)

Italian		sassifraga. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		雪の下 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ゆきのした. (various references)

Manx		lus ny lheiyee (golden stonecrop). (various references)

Pig Latin		axifragesay

Portuguese		saxífraga. (various references)

Romanian		splinuţã (golden saxifrage). (various references)

Russian		камнеломка. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		kamenika. (various references)

Spanish		saxífraga. (various references)

Swedish		mandelblomma. (various references)

Turkish		taşkıran çiçeği. (various references)

Ukranian		ломикамінь. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Saxifrage

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Pimpinella saxifraga, Saxifragaceae, saxifragia oppositifolia, saxifragus. (various references)
Late Latin	300-700	saxifraga. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Saxifrage

Derivations
	Words beginning with "saxifrage": saxifrages. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Saxifrage" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Saxafraga. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Saxifrage"

Words rhyming with "saxifrage" (pronounced 'Sax"i*frage'): Naufrage. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Saxifrage

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-f-g-i-r-s-x"
	-2 letters: agrafes.
	-3 letters: agrafe, agrias, ferias, fixers, fraise, griefs, safari, sagier.
	-4 letters: aegis, afars, afire, agars, agers, agria, areas, arias, arise, fairs, fares, faxes, fears, feria, fiars, fires, fixer, fixes, frags, fries, frigs, frise, gears, grief, ragas, rages, ragis, raias, raise, raxes, refix, reifs, safer, sager, saiga, sarge, serai, serif.
	-5 letters: afar, agar, agas, ager, ages, airs, area, ares, arfs, aria, arse, asea, axes, axis, ears, egis, eras, ergs, fags, fair, fare, fear, fiar, figs, fire, firs, frae, frag, frig, gaes, gars, gear, gies, ires, raga, rage, ragi, rags, raia, rase, refs, regs, reif, reis, rias, rife, rifs, rigs, rise, safe, saga, sage, sari, sear, seif, sera, serf, sire.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-f-g-i-r-s-x"
	+1 letter: saxifrages.
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