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What does Parnassus mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Parnassus? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A mountain in central Greece, adjacent the site of the ancient city of Delphi, that in Greek mythology was sacred to Apollo and the Corycian nymphs and was the home of the Muses.
  2. (figuratively) The home of poetry, literature, and learning.
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A single stem leaf, located near the midpoint of the flowering stem, makes grass of Parnassus easy to identify.
The Apollo butterfly comes all the way from Parnassus to dazzle us with the gift of its colourful wings.
It's rather mysterious how grass of Parnassus got its name, as the leaves look nothing like grass.
The ascents of Parnassus and Olympus, of which he speaks, are perhaps only fictions.
The most rational progress toward Parnassus was by a gradus, or step, they said.
What do you look for in a great bookstore, and what is the future of independent bookstores, like your Parnassus Books?

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