| NOUN | plant | Camassia, genus Camassia, Quamassia, genus Quamassia | genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs |
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| Meaning | genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs. | |
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| Synonyms | genus Camassia, Quamassia, genus Quamassia | |
| Member of | Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family | Includes species sometimes divided among the following families |
| Members | Leichtlin's camas, Camassia leichtlinii | camas found to the west of Cascade Mountains |
| camas, camass, quamash, camosh, camash | Any of several plants of the genus Camassia | |
| 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 | liliid monocot genus | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils |
| Spanish | camassia, genus camassia, genus quamassia, quamassia | |
| Catalan | camassia, genus camassia, genus quamassia, quamassia | |
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