'Parnassia' definitions:
Definition of 'parnassia'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'Parnassia'
From: GCIDE
- 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]