Parnassia (Noun)
Meaning
Any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Parnassia was a rare plant species that grew only in the unique, acidic soil conditions of the mountain bogs.
- The hikers made their way through the dense thicket, careful not to crush the small parnassia flowers that grew almost imperceptibly among the marsh grasses.
- She carefully dug a small parnassia plant from the bog and transplanted it to a container filled with sphagnum moss to take back to her greenhouse.
- Parnassia plants were often mistaken for buttercups by amateur botanists due to their similar flower shapes and colors.
- In the wetlands of the Pacific Northwest, parnassia grew in vast colonies, blanketing the ground in a sea of delicate white flowers.