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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[American Indian name.]

(Bot.)

any of several plants of the genus Camassia of North and South America, especially the blue-flowered liliaceous plant (

Camassia esculenta

) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which were collected for food by the Indians.

[Written also

camas

cammas

, and

quamash

Syn. – camass, quamash, camosh, camash.

☞ The

Eastern cammass

Camassia Fraseri

camass

(US, Western US) A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills.
An ornamental greenhouse shrub (Thea japonica) with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers.
Alternative form of camas.