camass

3 definitions found

camass - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

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

camass - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  camass
      n 1: any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and
           South America [syn: camas, camass, quamash, camosh,
           camash]