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LEATHERLEAF SAXIFRAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho
Synonyms:
leatherleaf saxifrage; Leptarrhena pyrolifolia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("leatherleaf saxifrage" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("leatherleaf saxifrage" is a member of...):
genus Leptarrhena; Leptarrhena (one species: leatherleaf saxifrage)