Found 2 items, similar to camas.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: camas
camas
n : any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South
America [syn:
camass,
quamash,
camosh,
camash]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: camas
camas
\camas\ n.
same as
camass.
[WordNet 1.5]
Camass
\Cam"ass\, n. [American Indian name.] (Bot.)
any of several plants of the genus Camassia of North and
South America, especially the blue-flowered liliaceous plant
(
Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of
which were collected for food by the Indians. [Written also
camas,
cammas, and
quamash.]
Syn: camass, quamash, camosh, camash.
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Note: The
Eastern cammass is
Camassia Fraseri.
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