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Noun: purple saxifrage
  1. Plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America
    "Purple saxifrage was the first flower to bloom after the snow melted";
    - Saxifraga oppositifolia

Derived forms: purple saxifrages

Type of: breakstone, rockfoil, saxifrage

Part of: genus Saxifraga, Saxifraga

Encyclopedia: Purple saxifrage