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cammas

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 food by the Indians. [Written also camas, cammas, and quamash.]

Syn: camass, quamash, camosh, camash.

Note: The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri.