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Meaning of PARNASSIA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup
 
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 Synonyms: grass-of-Parnassus
 
 See Also: bog plant, bog star, genus Parnassia, marsh plant, Parnassia palustris, swamp plant

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Par*nas"si*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white
flowers; grass of Parnassus.
 

 

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