grass-of-parnassus

noun

grass-of-par·​nas·​sus

-ˌpärˈnasəs,

-(ˌ)pȧˈ-

often capitalized P

: a plant of the genus Parnassia

Word History

Etymology

from Parnassus, mountain in Greece

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