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camassia - genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs | ||
genus Camassia, Quamassia, genus Quamassia | ||
liliid monocot genus genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils | ||
family liliaceae, liliaceae, lily family includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae | ||
camas, camash, camass, camosh, quamash any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America | ||
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 |