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wo⋅cas

[woh-kuhs]
–noun
a yellow pond lily, Nuphar polysepalum, of northwestern North America, having heart-shaped leaves and cup-shaped flowers.
Also, wokas, wokus.


Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; earlier, its seeds < Klamath wokas; cf. woksʔam the name of the plant
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