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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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, grass-of-Parnassus]



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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

parnassia
    n 1: 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,
         grass-of-Parnassus]