Hypertext Webster Gateway: "camass"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Camass \Cam"ass\ n. [Origin uncert.]
A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among
hills. [Western U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
camass
n : any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South
America [syn: {camas}, {quamash}, {camosh}, {camash}]
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