|
|
Definition of Camass
1. Noun. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America.
Generic synonyms: Liliaceous Plant
Group relationships: Camassia, Genus Camassia, Genus Quamassia, Quamassia
Specialized synonyms: Camassia Quamash, Common Camas, Camassia Leichtlinii, Leichtlin's Camas, Camassia Scilloides, Indigo Squill, Wild Hyacinth
Definition of Camass
1. n. A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the Indians.
2. n. A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills.
Definition of Camass
1. a perennial herb [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Camass
Literary usage of Camass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1888)
"camassia esculenta (camass). Over all the country drained by the Columbia River,
and especially the plains and mountain valleys about its sources, ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Nuttall's camass. Fig. 1232. ... Death- camass. Fig. 1233. ... May- South Dakota
to Saskatchewan, Idaho, Nebraska and Utah. Hog's-potato. Death-camass. 12. ..."
Other Resources:
