(n) bog plant with broadly heart-shaped basal leaves and cream-colored or white saucer-shaped flowers with fringed petals; west of Rocky Mountains from Alaska to New Mexico, Syn.Parnassia fimbriata
(n) (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry, Syn.Liakoura, Mount Parnassus, Example: Liakoura is the modern name of Mount 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.grass-of-Parnassus
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
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 ]
n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Anc. Geog. & Gr. Myth.) A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring. [ 1913 Webster ]
Grass of Parnassus. (Bot.) See under Grass, and Parnassia. -- To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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