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quamash (iou)



quamash noun. . E19.
[Chinook Jargon kamass, perh. from Nootka.]
A N. American plant of the lily family, Camassia quamash, the bulbs of which are used as food by N. American Indians; any of various other plants of this genus, and of the related genus Zigadenus, having starry blue or purple flowers.