grass-of-parnassus

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grass-of-parnassus - 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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  grass-of-Parnassus
      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]