quamash

[ kwom-ash, kwuh-mash ]

/ ˈkwɒm æʃ, kwəˈmæʃ /

camass.

Words nearby quamash

The name is derived from Quamash, the Indian name for these plants.

Field Book of Western Wild Flowers |Margaret Armstrong
Colter and Willard set out this morning on a hunting excurtion towards the quamash grounds beyond Collins's Creek.

The Journals of Lewis and Clark |Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
In early summer the best forage is on the warm hillsides where the quamash and the Indian turnip grow.

The Biography of a Grizzly |Ernest Thompson Seton
Camas (quamash) is a bulbous root much used for food by the Indians of the Columbia.

Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume 21 |Various

The pale blue flowers of the quamash gave to the level country the appearance of a blue lake.

First Across the Continent |Noah Brooks

quamash

/ (ˈkwɒmæʃ, kwəˈmæʃ) /

another name for camass (def. 1)