Săx'i-frāge, n.

n. [Lat. saxifraga, from saxifragus, stone-breaking, from saxum, rock, and frangere, to break. Cf. SASSAFRAS.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Saxifraga, which embraces many species, mostly hardy herbs, growing naturally on or among rocks.

The burnet saxifrage is of the genus Pimpinella; the golden saxifrage, of the genus Chrysosplenium; the meadow saxifrage, of the genus Seseli; the mountain saxifrage, of the genus Saxifraga (S. oppositifolia).