saxifragaceous (ce as sh)

[Mod. Lat. saxifragace ( a ); Eng. adj. suff.- ous.] Belonging to the Saxifragaceæ (q. v.). săx-if-ra-gal, a. [SAX IF RAGA LES.] Bot .: Of or belonging to the Sax if raga les (q. v.); as, the Saxifragal Alliance. săx-if-ra-gā -lēş, s. pl. [Lat.saxifrag(a); masc. or fem. pl. adj. suff. -ales.] Bot.: The Saxifragal Alliance; an alliance of Perigynous Exogens. Flowers mono dichlamydeous; corolla, it present, polypetalous; carpels consol i dated, placente sutural or axile; seeds indefinite; embryo long and taper, with a long radicle and little or no albumen. Orders: Saxifragaceae, Hydrangeaceæ, Cunoniaceæ, Brexiaceæ, and Lythraceæ. †săx-if-ra-gant, a . [SAXIFRAGA.] Breaking or destroying stone; saxifragous; lithotritic. săx-i-frāģe, s . [SAXIFRAGA.] IMG:content-0970.jpg:[blocks in formation] largest size, in the Mediterranean, at the Canaries, and the Cape. The young shell is symmetrical, with two teeth in each valve; the adult is rugose, toothle , thick, oblong, gaping, with an external hinge ligament. Siphons large, and united near the end. This mollusk is so variable under different conditions and at different ages that five genera and fifteen species have been founded on its aberrant forms. It bores into stone, and has done great damage to sub-marine masonry. 2. Palæont.: Ethe ridge enumerates three species from the Lias, one from the Lower Eocene, three from the Crag deposits, and two from the Pleisto cene. săx-I-cā-vous, a. [SAXICAVA.] Hollowing out stone. (Lyell.)