saxifrage
/ˈsæksɪfreɪdʒ/noun
1- a low-growing plant of poor soils, bearing small white, yellow, or red flowers and forming rosettes of succulent leaves or hummocks of mossy leaves. Many are grown as alpines in rockeries.虎耳草。
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- Genus Saxifraga, family Saxifragaceae.虎耳草属, 虎耳草科。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French saxifrage or late Latin saxifraga （herba）, from Latin saxum 'rock' + frangere 'break'.