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Camassia
(gcide) | Camassia \Camassia\ n.
a genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having
large edible bulbs.
Syn: genus Camassia, Quamassia, genus Quamassia.
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camassia
(wn) | Camassia
n 1: genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having
large edible bulbs [syn: Camassia, genus Camassia,
Quamassia, genus Quamassia] |
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Camassia esculenta
(gcide) | Camass \Cam"ass\, n. [American Indian name.] (Bot.)
any of several plants of the genus Camassia of North and
South America, especially the blue-flowered liliaceous plant
(Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of
which were collected for food by the Indians. [Written also
camas, cammas, and quamash.]
Syn: camass, quamash, camosh, camash.
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Note: The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri.
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Camassia Farseri
(gcide) | Hyacinth \Hy"a*cinth\, n. [L. hyacinthus a kind of flower, prob.
the iris, gladiolus, or larkspur, also a kind of gem, perh.
the sapphire; as, a proper name, Hyacinthus, a beautiful
Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, fr. Gr. ?, ?: cf. F.
hyacinthe. Cf. Jacinth. The hyacinth was fabled to have
sprung from the blood of Hyacinthus, who was accidentally
slain by Apollo.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing
beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. {Hyacinthus
orientalis} is a common variety.
(b) A plant of the genus Camassia (Camassia Farseri),
called also Eastern camass; wild hyacinth.
(c) The name also given to Scilla Peruviana, a
Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces
white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from
a mistake as to its origin, Hyacinth of Peru.
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2. (Min.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem.
See Zircon.
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Hyacinth bean (Bot.), a climbing leguminous plant
(Dolichos Lablab), related to the true bean. It has dark
purple flowers and fruit.
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Camassia Fraseri
(gcide) | Camass \Cam"ass\, n. [American Indian name.] (Bot.)
any of several plants of the genus Camassia of North and
South America, especially the blue-flowered liliaceous plant
(Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of
which were collected for food by the Indians. [Written also
camas, cammas, and quamash.]
Syn: camass, quamash, camosh, camash.
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Note: The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri.
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camassia
(wn) | Camassia
n 1: genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having
large edible bulbs [syn: Camassia, genus Camassia,
Quamassia, genus Quamassia] |
camassia leichtlinii
(wn) | Camassia leichtlinii
n 1: camas found to the west of Cascade Mountains [syn:
Leichtlin's camas, Camassia leichtlinii] |
camassia quamash
(wn) | Camassia quamash
n 1: plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves
and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped
flowers on tall green scapes; western North America [syn:
common camas, Camassia quamash] |
camassia scilloides
(wn) | Camassia scilloides
n 1: eastern camas; eastern and central North America [syn:
wild hyacinth, indigo squill, Camassia scilloides] |
genus camassia
(wn) | genus Camassia
n 1: genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having
large edible bulbs [syn: Camassia, genus Camassia,
Quamassia, genus Quamassia] |
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