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• grass-of-Parnassus — 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• grass of Parnassus — see under ↑Parnassus • • • Main Entry: ↑grass grass of Parnassus A white flowered plant of wet moors (Parnassia palustris), of the saxifrage family • • • Main Entry: ↑Parnassus …   Useful english dictionary

• Grass of Parnassus — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Grass of Parnassus — Parnassus Par*nas sus, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Parnassus (disambiguation) — Parnassus or Parnassos may refer to:* Mount Parnassus, a mountain in central Greece near Delphi ** Parnassos, the son of the nymph Kleodora and the man Kleopompus, and namesake of the mountain ** Parnassos (municipality), a municipality in Phocis …   Wikipedia

• Parnassus — Par*nas sus, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Grass — Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Grass bass — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Grass bird — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Grass cloth — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English