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FRINGED GRASS OF PARNASSUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
fringed grass of Parnassus; Parnassia fimbriata
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fringed grass of Parnassus" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("fringed grass of Parnassus" is a member of...):
genus Parnassia (genus of bog herbs of Arctic and northern temperate regions)