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Answer for the clue "Any of several plants of the genus Camassia ", 7 letters:
quamash

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (dated form of camas English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...

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

Usage examples of quamash.

The salmon not having yet called them to the rivers, the greater part of the Chopunnish are now dispersed in villages through this plain, for the purpose of collecting quamash and cows, which here grow in great abundance, the soil being extremely fertile, in many places covered with long-leaved pine, larch, and balsam-fir, which contribute to render it less thirsty than the open, unsheltered plains.