
Define the word grass-of-Parnassus"grass-of-Parnassus" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
grass-of-Parnassus \grass-of-Parnassus\ n.
Any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus
Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single
pale buttercuplike flower.
Syn: parnassia, grass of Parnassus.
[WordNet 1.5]
"grass-of-Parnassus" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
grass-of-Parnassus
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: parnassia]
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