Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of bulbous liliaceous plants of North America, nearly related to Scilla of the old world.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs.
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- noun Any of the
genus Camassia offlowering plants , thecamases .
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- noun genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the spring fritilaria melgris and camassia rose up through the grass.
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It was long afterwards, on our return through Upper California, that I found the plant itself in bloom, which I supposed to furnish the kamas root, (_camassia esculenta_.)
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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On the bottoms of the streams he also digs up the "kamas" root (_camassia esculenta_), the "yampah," (_anethum graveolens_), the "kooyah"
Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Mayne Reid 1850
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Camassia: While most of our spring bulbs are native to southwestern Europe and Central Asia, camassia comes from mountain meadows in the Pacific Northwest.
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Camassia: While most of our spring bulbs are native to southwestern Europe and Central Asia, camassia comes from mountain meadows in the Pacific Northwest.
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Daffodils, grape hyacinths, crocus, snowdrops, chinodoxa, allium star flower (Ipheion uniflorum), fritillaria and camassia have not been touched by deer or squirrels in my garden.
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