See Also: parnassus(medicine)
Parnassus(dictionary)
Parnassus, Mt.(encyclopedia)
Parnassus(dictionary)

Parnassus (iou)



Parnassus noun. LME.
[Latin Parnas(s)us from Greek Parnas(s)os (see below).]
A mountain in central Greece, sacred in antiquity to Apollo and the Muses. Also used allusively with ref. to literary, esp. poetic, inspiration. LME.
grass of Parnassus, a marsh plant, Parnassia palustris, of (or closely allied to) the saxifrage family, with solitary white flowers and mostly radical cordate leaves. L16.