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.]
⇒ The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri.
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Cam"ass (?). n. [Origin uncert.]
A
small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills.
[Western U. S.]
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