yellow mountain saxifrage
- noun
- UK
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saxífraga amarilla
- The delicate blossoms of the yellow mountain saxifrage brighten the alpine meadow each spring.
Examples
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We identified the yellow mountain saxifrage growing along the rocky slope of the northern trail.
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She included yellow mountain saxifrage in her sketchbook of rare mountain flora.
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The yellow mountain saxifrage blooms beautifully in the summer.
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Have you seen the yellow mountain saxifrage in the garden?
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The delicate blossoms of the yellow mountain saxifrage brighten the alpine meadow each spring.
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We identified the yellow mountain saxifrage growing along the rocky slope of the northern trail.
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She included yellow mountain saxifrage in her sketchbook of rare mountain flora.
Synonyms
A small evergreen plant with yellow flowers that grows on wet rocks
How Common
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compound: 'yellow' (colour) + 'mountain' (habitat) + 'saxifrage' (a plant genus), which together denote a saxifrage that is yellow and found in mountains. This compositional, descriptive pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Yellow mountain saxifrage is named for how it looks and where it lives: bright yellow flowers on high mountains. The word saxifrage is an old word meaning 'rock-breaker' because these plants grow in cracks and push through rocks, so the name helps you remember the plant and where it grows.