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Lily-family member
Answer for the clue "Lily-family member ", 6 letters:
camass
Alternative clues for the word camass
Word definitions for camass in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America [syn: camas , quamash , camosh , camash ]
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 ...
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.