quamash

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

quamash
    n 1: any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and
         South America [syn: {camas}, {camass}, {quamash}, {camosh},
         {camash}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Quamash \Quam"ash\, n. (Bot.)
   See {Camass}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Camass \Cam"ass\, n. [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.
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   Note: The {Eastern cammass} is {Camassia Fraseri}.
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