breakstone
(ˈbreɪkstəʊn)
[f. break v. + stone; a transl. of L. saxifraga.]
A name given by herbalists to the Saxifrages; and vaguely to plants supposed to be related to them.
| 1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 111/1 Of the Saxifrage, or Breakstone, the husks are brownish green. 1712 tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 5 It has obtain'd the Name of Saxifrage, and by a great many that of Break-Stone. 1846 Sowerby Brit. Bot. (ed. 3) Breakstone, Parsley Piert, Alchemilla arvensis. 1863 Prior Plant-n. 28. |