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Chrysosplenium oppositifoliumSaxifrage Sax"i*frage (?; 48), n. [L. saxifraga, from
saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break:
cf. F. saxifrage. See Fracture, and cf. Sassafras,
Saxon.] (Bot.)
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-succulent 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 under
Meadow. OppositeOpposite Op"po*site, a. [F., fr. L. oppositus, p. p. of
opponere. See Opponent.]
1. Placed over against; standing or situated over against or
in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite
to the Exchange.
2. Applied to the other of two things which are entirely
different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite
extreme.
3. Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant;
antagonistic.
Novels, by which the reader is misled into another
sort of pieasure opposite to that which is designed
in an epic poem. --Dryden.
Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes
almost opposite, significations. --Locke.
4. (Bot.)
(a) Set over against each other, but separated by the
whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same
node.
(b) Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as
a stamen which stands before a petal. Oppositely
Oppositely Op"po*site*ly, adv.
In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner or
direction; adversely.
Winds from all quarters oppositely blow. --May.
Oppositeness
Oppositeness Op"po*site*ness, n.
The quality or state of being opposite.
OppositifoliousOppositifolious Op*pos`i*ti*fo"li*ous, a. [See Opposite,
Folious.] (Bot.)
Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by
the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious
peduncle. OppositionOpposition Op`po*si"tion, n. [F., fr. L. oppositio. See
Opposite.]
1. The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or
defeat; resistance.
The counterpoise of so great an opposition. --Shak.
Virtue which breaks through all opposition.
--Milton.
2. The state of being placed over against; situation so as to
front something else. --Milton.
3. Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or
purpose; antipathy. --Shak.
4. That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the
aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in
politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to
the party in power.
5. (Astron.) The situation of a heavenly body with respect to
another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite
to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite
when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180[deg];
-- signified by the symbol ?; as, ? [Jupiter] [Sun],
opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
6. (Logic) The relation between two propositions when, having
the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity,
or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions
which have the same matter but a different form. Oppositionist
Oppositionist Op`po*si"tion*ist, n.
One who belongs to the opposition party. --Praed.
OppositipetalousOppositipetalous Op*pos`i*ti*pet"al*ous, a. [See Opposite,
and Petal.] (Bot.)
Placed in front of a petal. OppositisepalousOppositisepalous Op*pos`i*ti*sep"al*ous, a. [See Opposite,
and Sepal.] (Bot.)
Placed in front of a sepal. OppositiveOppositive Op*pos`i*tive, a. [Cf. F. oppositif. See
Opposite.]
Capable of being put in opposition. --Bp. Hall.
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