breakstonen.
/ˈbreɪkstəʊn/ A name given by herbalists to the Saxifrages; and vaguely to plants supposed to be related to them.
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 111/1 Of the Saxifrage, or Breakstone, the husks are brownish green.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 5 It has obtain'd the Name of Saxifrage, and by a great many that of Break-Stone.
1846 C. Johnson Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (ed. 2) Breakstone, Parsley Piert, Alchemilla arvensis.
1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 28.
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