| NOUN | plant | camash, camas, camass, quamash, camosh | any of several plants of the genus Camassia |
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| Meaning | Any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America. | |
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| Synonyms | camas, camass, quamash, camosh | |
| Member of | Camassia, genus Camassia, Quamassia, genus Quamassia | genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs |
| Narrower | Leichtlin's camas, Camassia leichtlinii | camas found to the west of Cascade Mountains |
| common camas, Camassia quamash | 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 | |
| wild hyacinth, indigo squill, Camassia scilloides | Eastern camas | |
| Broader | liliaceous plant | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber |
| Spanish | camas, camass | |
| Catalan | camass | |
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