FRINGED GRASS OF PARNASSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fringed grass of Parnassus mean? 

• FRINGED GRASS OF PARNASSUS (noun)
  The noun FRINGED GRASS OF PARNASSUS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: FRINGED GRASS OF PARNASSUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRINGED GRASS OF PARNASSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fringed grass of Parnassus; Parnassia fimbriata

Hypernyms ("fringed grass of Parnassus" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("fringed grass of Parnassus" is a member of...):

genus Parnassia (genus of bog herbs of Arctic and northern temperate regions)