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    GENUS CAMASSIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbsplay

    Synonyms:

    Camassia; genus Camassia; genus Quamassia; Quamassia

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Camassia" is a kind of...):

    liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Camassia"):

    camas; camash; camass; camosh; quamash (any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America)

    Camassia quamash; common camas (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)

    Camassia leichtlinii; Leichtlin's camas (camas found to the west of Cascade Mountains)

    Camassia scilloides; indigo squill; wild hyacinth (eastern camas; eastern and central North America)

    Holonyms ("genus Camassia" is a member of...):

    family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)

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