HyperDic: camassia_quamash

English > 1 sense of the expression Camassia quamash:
NOUNplantCamassia quamash, common camasplant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes
English > Camassia quamash: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningplant 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.
Synonymcommon camas
Member ofCamassia, genus Camassia, Quamassia, genus Quamassiagenus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs
Broadercamas, camass, quamash, camosh, camashAny of several plants of the genus Camassia

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