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Webster 1913 Edition
Camass
Cam′ass
,Noun.
[American Indian name.]
(Bot.)
any of several plants of the genus Camassia of North and South America, especially the blue-flowered liliaceous plant (
Camassia esculenta
) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which were collected for food by the Indians. [Written also
camas
, cammas
, and quamash
.]
Syn. – camass, quamash, camosh, camash.
☞ The .
Eastern cammass
is Camassia Fraseri