Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Parnassia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Parnassia \Par*nas"si*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white
flowers; grass of Parnassus.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
parnassia
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}]
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