parula n type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers Usage(s) Incidentally, we never see the parula around here. There was time, too, for an exchange of gifts: Elizabeth and Philip gave the Eisenhowers a pair of American parula warblers sculptured in porcelain, and a coffee table inlaid . Then he follows the flight of a parula warbler. Synonym(s) Parula genus Parula