Definition of camass Camass
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WordNet
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| camass - any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America | ||
| camas, quamash, camosh, camash | ||
| liliaceous plant plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber | ||
| camassia, genus camassia, genus quamassia, quamassia genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs | ||
| camassia quamash, common camas plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes; western North America | ||
| camassia leichtlinii, leichtlin's camas camas found to the west of Cascade Mountains | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- camass (n.)
A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the Indians.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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camass
ka-mas′, n. a small plant growing in the north-western United States, also its nutritious bulb.—ns. Camass′ia, a genus of liliaceous plants nearly related to the European Scilla; Camass′-rat, a small gopher rodent which devours the bulbs of the camass
Part of speech
🔤- camass, noun, singular of camasses.
