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Origin
- Latinsaxifragus“stone-breaking”
- Late Latinsaxifraga
- Old Frenchsaxifrage
- Englishsaxifrage
From Old French saxifrage, from Late Latin saxifraga, from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”). Doublet of sassafras.
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Bulgarian обичниче
- обичниче (običniče)plant
Catalan saxífraga
- saxífragaplant
Chinese Mandarin 虎耳草
- 虎耳草 (hǔ'ěrcǎo)plant
Dutch steenbreek
- steenbreekplant
Finnish rikko
- rikkoplant
French saxifrage
- saxifrageplant
German Steinbrech
- Steinbrechplant
Hungarian kőtörőfű, kőrontófű
- kőtörőfűplant
- kőrontófűplant
Icelandic steinbrjótur
- steinbrjóturplant
Italian sassifraga
- sassifragaplant
Korean 색소폰
- 색소폰 (saeksopon)plant
Polish skalnica
- skalnicaplant
Portuguese saxífraga
- saxífragaplant
Romanian saxifragă
- saxifragăplant
Russian камнеломка
- камнеломка (kamnelomka)plant
Spanish saxifraga
- saxifragaplant
Welsh tormaen
- tormaenplant
Cite this entry
APA
saxifrage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saxifrage
MLA
“saxifrage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saxifrage. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saxifrage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saxifrage.
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