| parnassus | <geography> A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring. Grass of Parnassus. <botany> See Grass, and Parnassia. To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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