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roband (iou) and Saxifrage (medicine)


roband (iou)



roband noun. ME.
[Prob. from Old Norse: cf. Old Irish ra sailyard, BAND noun1. Cf. ROBBIN.]
Nautical. A length of rope passed through eyelet-holes in the head of a sail and used to secure the sail to the yard above.

Saxifrage (medicine)


saxifrage
<botany> Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions. Burnet saxifrage, a European umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella Saxifraga). Golden saxifrage, a low half-sacculent herb (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) growing in rivulets in Europe; also, C. Americanum, common in the United States. See also under Golden. Meadow saxifrage, or Pepper saxifrage. See Meadow.

Origin: L. Saxifraga, from saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break: cf. F. Saxifrage. See Fracture, and cf. Sassafras, Saxon.

Source: Websters Dictionary