parnassia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup
    grass-of-Parnassus.

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Par*nas"si*a noun
Etymology
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Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus.

Webster 1913