genus parnassia

Noun
  1. Genus of bog herbs of Arctic and northern temperate regions (synset 112822083)
    is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
    member holonym:
    • 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
    • bog star, parnassia palustris - plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green
    • fringed grass of parnassus, parnassia fimbriata - 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
    belongs to: family saxifragaceae, saxifragaceae, saxifrage family - a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae

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