quamash (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *quamash*:
NOUN	plant	quamash, camas, camass, camosh, camash	any of several plants of the genus Camassia

English > *quamash*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America.
Synonyms	camas, camass, camosh, camash
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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