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Definition of Camassia quamash
1. Noun. 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.
Group relationships: Camassia, Genus Camassia, Genus Quamassia, Quamassia
Generic synonyms: Camas, Camash, Camass, Camosh, Quamash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Camassia Quamash
Literary usage of Camassia quamash
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1908)
"265 (1818), must take the name camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene, Man. Bay Reg.
(1894), a combination derived from the earlier ..."
2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"JC Nelson writes: "I am wholly unable to detect any odor in our very common
camassia quamash or in the closely related but less common C. ..."
3. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"Camassia (Quamash).—North American plants of the Lily Order, hardy and valuable
for cutting. There are three species in cultivation, but with regard to two, ..."
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