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CAMASS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America
Synonyms:
camas; camash; camass; camosh; quamash
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("camass" is a kind of...):
liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "camass"):
Camassia quamash; common camas (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)
Camassia leichtlinii; Leichtlin's camas (camas found to the west of Cascade Mountains)
Camassia scilloides; indigo squill; wild hyacinth (eastern camas; eastern and central North America)
Holonyms ("camass" is a member of...):
Camassia; genus Camassia; genus Quamassia; Quamassia (genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs)
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