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quam⋅ash

  [kwom-ash, kwuh-mash]
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–noun
camass.
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cam·as or cam·ass   (kām'əs)   
n.  

  1. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia in the lily family, especially C. quamash of western North America, having grasslike leaves, a raceme of blue flowers, and a bulb that was an important food for various Native American peoples. Also called quamash.

  2. Death camas.


[Chinook Jargon, perhaps of Nootka origin.]
quam·ash   (kwŏm'āsh')   
n.  See camas.

[New Latin, species name, variant of Chinook Jargon kamass; see camas.]
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