| NOUN | plant | 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 |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | Camassia quamash | |
| Member of | Camassia, genus Camassia, Quamassia, genus Quamassia | genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs |
| Broader | camas, camass, quamash, camosh, camash | Any of several plants of the genus Camassia |
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