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Definition of Camassia
1. Noun. Genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Camas, Camash, Camass, Camosh, Quamash, Camassia Quamash, Common Camas, Camassia Leichtlinii, Leichtlin's Camas, Camassia Scilloides, Indigo Squill, Wild Hyacinth
Definition of Camassia
1. Noun. Any of the genus ''Camassia'' of flowering plants, the camases. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Camassia
Literary usage of Camassia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"A NEW WESTERN camassia. IN 1880 Mr. William N. Suksdorf collected in Falcon
valley, Washington, specimens of camassia, which were sent to the Gray Herbarium ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Wilhelm Miller, Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"camassia esculenta. QUAMOCLIT. See I ,,omaa. l 'IM • : i '¡i.;' :• : also for
Curcuma; and it has been erroneously used for Strelitzia. QUEEN LILY. ..."
3. How Plants are Trained to Work for Man by Luther Burbank (1921)
"THE camassia-WILL IT SUPPLANT THE POTATO? AND OTHER TUBERS OF VALUE FOR FOOD FOR
the most part plants are cultivated for a single quality. ..."
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