camas, camass, quamash, camosh, camash
(noun) any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
camass (plural camasses)
(US, Western US) A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills.
Alternative form of camas.
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Source: Wiktionary
Cam"ass, n. Etym: [American Indian name.] (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 April 2025
(adjective) not married or related to the unmarried state; “unmarried men and women”; “unmarried life”; “sex and the single girl”; “single parenthood”; “are you married or single?”
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