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Define the word Parnassia

"Parnassia" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

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]

"parnassia" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

parnassia
     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 [syn: grass-of-Parnassus]