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Parnassia \Par*nas"si*a\, n. [NL.]

(Bot.) A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

parnassia

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 [syn: grass-of-Parnassus]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Parnassia \Par*nas"si*a\, n. [NL.]

(Bot.) A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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