camas : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: camas	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for camas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
camas n any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America Synonym(s): camas, camass, quamash, camosh, camash
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Camass \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}.] Note: The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Camas, WA (city, FIPS 9480) Location: 45.58786 N, 122.42351 W Population (1990): 6442 (2550 housing units) Area: 19.6 sq km (land), 4.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98607