Grass-of-Parnassus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]