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COMMON CAMAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common camas mean?
• COMMON CAMAS (noun)
The noun COMMON CAMAS has 1 sense:
1. plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes; western North America
Familiarity information: COMMON CAMAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes; western North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Camassia quamash; common camas
Hypernyms ("common camas" is a kind of...):
camas; camash; camass; camosh; quamash (any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America)
Holonyms ("common camas" is a member of...):
Camassia; genus Camassia; genus Quamassia; Quamassia (genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs)
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