What is "death camas"

n. 1 A member of a species of poisonous, perennial, flowering plants, (taxlink Toxicoscordion venenosum species noshow=1) (formerly ''Zygadenus venosus'') , easily confused with the edible camas, whose bulbs (rhizomes) look like, but do not smell like, like onion. 2 (context more generally English) A member of any of various similar species, also called star lily, of family ''(taxlink Melanthiaceae family noshow=1)'', and formerly grouped into the genus (taxlink Zigadenus genus noshow=1) (only (taxlink Zigadenus glaberrimus species noshow=1) remains there).

n. any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous [syn: zigadene]