HyperDic: parnassia_palustris

English > 1 sense of the expression Parnassia palustris:
NOUNplantParnassia palustris, bog starplant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green
English > Parnassia palustris: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningplant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green.
Synonymbog star
Member ofgenus Parnassiagenus of bog herbs of Arctic and northern temperate regions
Broaderparnassia, grass-of-ParnassusAny of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup

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