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Saxifraga sarmentosa

Saxifraga sarmentosa

9.9
A small East Asian flowering plant with red-and-white flowers that spreads by runners called strawberry begonia
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : saxifraga sarmentosa
  • The Saxifraga sarmentosa grows well in hanging baskets due to its trailing stolons.

Examples

  • She identified the plant as Saxifraga sarmentosa after noticing its runners and uniquely colored blooms.

  • Gardeners prize Saxifraga sarmentosa for its attractive foliage and delicate red-and-white flowers.

  • The Saxifraga sarmentosa blooms beautifully in spring.

  • I planted Saxifraga sarmentosas in my garden last year.

  • Gardeners prize Saxifraga sarmentosa for its attractive foliage and delicate red-and-white flowers.

  • She identified the plant as Saxifraga sarmentosa after noticing its runners and uniquely colored blooms.

  • The Saxifraga sarmentosa grows well in hanging baskets due to its trailing stolons.

Synonyms

Saxifraga stolonifera
vsSaxifraga sarmentosa
  • Specialized
9.9

A small plant from eastern Asia that spreads by runners and has red and white star-shaped flowers

is the same plant but labelled with a different scientific name
strawberry geranium
vsSaxifraga sarmentosa
9.5

A small plant with round leaves and red and white flowers that people often grow indoors or as ground cover

is the same plant but uses an alternate common or scientific name
strawberry saxifrage
vsSaxifraga sarmentosa
  • Specialized
9.8

A small garden plant with red and white flowers that spreads along the ground

is the same plant but presented under a different common name
mother-of-thousands
vsSaxifraga sarmentosa
9.9

A small plant with many red and white flowers that spreads by long thin stems

is the same plant but uses a different common name in the key entry

Surface Forms

Saxifraga sarmentosa singular
Saxifraga sarmentosas plural

Morphology

Saxifraga + sarmentosa

This is a scientific binomial (a proper name) rather than a compositional everyday phrase; the overall meaning (a specific plant species) functions as a label and is not derivable from ordinary lexical knowledge. The second element 'sarmentosa' is a Latin epithet (not in the learner dictionary) and the combination requires botanical or Latin knowledge, so a B1 learner who simply knows the constituent words would not infer the full meaning.

Etymology

The name Saxifraga sarmentosa comes from old Latin words: Saxifraga means 'stone-breaker' because many saxifrages grow in rock cracks, and sarmentosa means 'having runners' because this plant spreads by long, trailing stems like strawberry runners. So the name paints a clear picture of a rock-loving plant that spreads by runners — just like this hanging, red-and-white flowering species.