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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Camass \Cam"ass\ n. [Origin uncert.] A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills. [Western U. S.] 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: camass n : any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America [syn: {camas}, {quamash}, {camosh}, {camash}]
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