| NOUN | plant | zigadene, death camas | any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers |
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| Meaning | Any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous. | |
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| Synonym | death camas | |
| Member of | Zigadenus, genus Zigadenus | genus of mostly North American poisonous plants |
| Narrower | alkali grass, Zigadenus elegans | plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers |
| grassy death camas, Zigadenus venenosus, Zigadenus venenosus gramineus | plant of western North America to Mexico | |
| poison camas, Zigadenus nuttalli | A common perennial death camas | |
| white camas, Zigadenus glaucus | plant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purple | |
| Broader | liliaceous plant | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber |
| Spanish | zigadene | |
| Catalan | zigadene | |
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