Camass \Cam"ass\, n. [American Indian name.]
(Bot.)
A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of
northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for
food by the Indians. [Written also camas, cammas, and
quamash.]
Note: The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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