Camass

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Camass \Cam"ass\, n. [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.
          [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The {Eastern cammass} is {Camassia Fraseri}.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Camass \Cam"ass\ n. [Origin uncert.]
     A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among
     hills. [Western U. S.]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  camass
       n : any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South
           America [syn: {camas}, {quamash}, {camosh}, {camash}]