| 单词 | death camas |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath camas death camas n. chiefly North American any of various bulbous North American plants of the genera Toxicoscordion, Anticlea, and Zygadenus (family Melanthiaceae) which are toxic to humans and animals; esp. (more fully meadow death camas) T. venenosum of western states, which has spikes of white or cream flowers and grass-like leaves. ΚΠ 1856 J. Torrey in Rep. Explor. & Surv. Route Railroad IV. v. iv. 144 This is the Poison or Death Camass of the Northwest Indians. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 264/2 Zygadenus venenosus. ‘Death Quamash’, Hog's Potato. 1924 Ruthven (Iowa) Free Press 13 Aug. 3/3 Grassy death camas is the most dangerous, followed by meadow death camas and foothill death camas which are about equally potent in producing death. 1958 Wildlife Monogr. No. 3. 56/2 Deathcamas (Zygadenus) was common on some slopes in Shirttail Canyon. 2006 Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune (Nexis) 11 May 1 e We saw balsamroot, death camas, and shooting stars on an April hike at Dry Falls. < as lemmas |
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