quamash : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: quamash	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for quamash
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quamash 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]:
Quamash \Quam"ash\, n. (Bot.) See {Camass}.
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.