camas


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
camas /kəˈmas/ (also camass or quamash)
noun a North American plant of the lily family, cultivated for its starlike blue or purple flowers. [Genera Camassia and Zigadenus: several species.]
– origin C19: from Chinook Jargon kamass.
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