parnassia

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parnassia - any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercupgrass-of-Parnassusgenus Parnassia - genus of bog herbs of Arctic and northern temperate regionsbog star, Parnassia palustris - plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with greenbog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant - a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath

Parnassia

a genus of annual grasses of the family Saxifragaceae. They are often (with the genus Lepuropetalon) distinguished as the separate family Parnassiaceae. There are 55 varieties in the temperate and subtropical regions of the northern hemisphere. There are four types in the USSR; of them, the most widely distributed is the swamp whiteface (P. palustris), which grows in damp fields, brush, and swamps. This is a graceful plant 15–40 cm. high, with a rosetta of leaves near the roots and single white flowers with five petals on the ends of the stems. The other varieties are found in tundra and alpine and subalpine mountain meadows.

parnassia

Related to parnassia: Grass of Parnassus

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Synonyms for parnassia

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

Synonyms

grass-of-Parnassus

Related Words

genus Parnassia
bog star
Parnassia palustris
bog plant
marsh plant
swamp plant