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parnassia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun parnassia has 1 sense
- parnassia(n = noun.plant) 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; Array is a member of genus parnassia
has particulars: bog star, parnassia palustris
is a kind of bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
parnassia, n. [NL.].
A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus. [1913 Webster]
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