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Definition of Parnassia
1. 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.
Group relationships: Genus Parnassia
Specialized synonyms: Bog Star, Parnassia Palustris
Generic synonyms: Bog Plant, Marsh Plant, Swamp Plant
Definition of Parnassia
1. n. A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus.
Definition of Parnassia
1. Noun. (botany) Any of the genus ''Parnassia'' of herbaceous dicots. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Parnassia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Parnassia
Literary usage of Parnassia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Miscellany: Containing Figures and Descriptions of Such Plants as by William Jackson Hooker (1830)
"parnassia fimbriata. Kun. in Ann. of Hot. v. 1. j>. 391. ... this very curious
species of parnassia in a living state, except Mr. Menzies, ..."
2. Botanical Miscellany: Containing Figures and Descriptions of Such Plants as by William Jackson Hooker (1830)
"No botanist that I am aware has ever seen this very curious species of parnassia
in a living state, except Mr. Menzies, who had the gratification of ..."
3. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1824)
"... —parnassia palus- tris—Cause of the great excellence of the Roads—Beauty of
the Horses—Stensland ..."
4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"parnassia PALUSTRIS (marsh-loving) is a native of our own bogs and wet moors.
... parnassia may be propagated by seeds or by division of the rootstock. ..."
5. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"... parnassia L. Sp. PI. 1: 273. 1753. Nineteen species, temperate and cooler
regions, Northern Hemisphere, ..."
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