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PARNASSIA PALUSTRIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Parnassia palustris mean? 

PARNASSIA PALUSTRIS (noun)
  The noun PARNASSIA PALUSTRIS has 1 sense:

1. plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with greenplay

  Familiarity information: PARNASSIA PALUSTRIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARNASSIA PALUSTRIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bog star; Parnassia palustris

Hypernyms ("Parnassia palustris" is a kind of...):

grass-of-Parnassus; parnassia (any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup)

Holonyms ("Parnassia palustris" is a member of...):

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


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