camas

Variant of camass

camass definition

☆ cam·ass or camas cam′as (kam′əs)

noun

any of a genus (Camassia) of North American plants of the lily family, with sweet, edible bulbs and racemes of drooping, bluish flowers

Etymology: AmInd (Chinook) < chamas, sweet

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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