Camassia quamash

Noun

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

common camas

Hypernyms

camas camass quamash camash camosh

Examples

Common foods used by the indigenous people such as the Klickitat tribe and Chinook included salmon, huckleberry and Camassia quamash (after which the city of Camas, Washington is named). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

camass camassia Camassia leichtlinii Camassia scilloides camassial camassioside