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Definition of meadow saxifrage in English:

meadow saxifrage

noun

  • (In full "white meadow saxifrage"), a white-flowered European saxifrage of dry grassland, Saxifraga granulata, which bears bulbils in the axils of its basal leaves.

Origin

Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Ray (1627–1705), naturalist and theologian.