parnassia

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See also: Parnassia

English

Etymology

From translingual Parnassia.

Noun

parnassia (plural parnassias)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Parnassia of herbaceous dicots.
    Synonym: grass of Parnassus

Dutch

Parnassia palustris

Etymology

From translingual Parnassia.

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Noun

parnassia f (plural parnassia's, diminutive parnassiaatje n)

  1. marsh grass of Parnassus, Parnassia palustris
  2. (more broadly) parnassia, grass of Parnassus, plant of the genus Parnassia

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