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Answer for the clue "Any of several plants of the genus Camassia ", 6 letters:
camass

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Word definitions for camass in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Camass \Cam"ass\ n. [Origin uncert.] A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills. [Western U. S.]

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America [syn: camas , quamash , camosh , camash ]

Usage examples of camass.

The prairie ran out tongues of raw colors — blue of camass, red of geranium, yellow of parsley — at the young green grass.

The fields were starred with violet camass, blue-flag and golden mariposa lily, and still dotted with a thinned-out scattering of huge oaks that gave the whole valley the look of a great park.