English > genus Camassia: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs. |
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Synonyms | Camassia, Quamassia, genus Quamassia |
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Member of | Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family | Includes species sometimes divided among the following families |
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Members | Leichtlin's camas, Camassia leichtlinii | camas found to the west of Cascade Mountains |
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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 |
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Spanish | camassia, genus camassia, genus quamassia, quamassia |
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Catalan | camassia, genus camassia, genus quamassia, quamassia |
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