n. Any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus
‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Parnassius. ] Of or pertaining to Parnassus. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Parnassus. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus
n. [ F. parnassien. ] One of a school of French poets of the Second Empire (1852-70) who emphasized metrical form and made little use of emotion as poetic material; -- so called from the name (
‖n. [ F. ] Same as Parnassian. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Anc. Geog. & Gr. Myth.) A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring. [ 1913 Webster ]
Grass of Parnassus. (Bot.)
To climb Parnassus,
n. (Eng. Politics) The policy or principles of the Parnellites. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Eng. Politics) One of the adherents of