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camas
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Etymology 1 alt. Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus ''Camassia''. n. Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus ''Camassia''. Etymology 2 n. (plural of cama English)
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Camas: The Nature of the West is a non-profit literary journal run by graduate students of the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Montana . Established in 1992, Camas publishes non-fiction, fiction, poetry and photography on nature, place, ...
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n. any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America [syn: camass , quamash , camosh , camash ]
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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 camas.
Uno de mis agobiadores pasatiempos es la venta domiciliaria de consolas, biombos, camas y aparadores, que incesantemente elabora el prolífico Nemirovsky.
The creek sent a straight black gash through tall grass and patches of blue camas and bog laurel.
It digs up the camas roots, wild onions, and an occasional luckless woodchuck or gopher.
Ahead to westward the open land had been left in grass, a rippling green expanse starred with hyacinth blue camas flowers, better than knee high already.