MEADOW SAXIFRAGE, in botany: A genus of plants belonging to the class of pentandra, and to the order of digynia; and in the natural system ranging under the 45th order, Umbellatae. The umbels are globular; the involucrum consists of one or two leaflets; the fruit is egg-shaped and streaked. There are 11 species, the pimpinelloides, montanum, glaucum, annuum, ammonoides, tortuosum, turbib, hypomarathrum, pyrenaum, saxifragum, and elatum. The montanum grows naturally in France and Italy; the glaucum is a native of France; the ammonoides and tortuosum grow in the south of Europe; and the hypomarathrum is a native of Austria.