Parnassia

Par`nas´si`a

n.

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

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Noun

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parnassia - 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 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