grass-of-Parnassus

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a herbaceous perennial N temperate marsh plant, Parnassia palustris, with solitary whitish flowers: family Parnassiaceae

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

parnassia

genus Parnassia - genus of bog herbs of Arctic and northern temperate regions

bog star, Parnassia palustris - plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green

bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant - a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath

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