camascamashcammasquamashn.

Forms: Also squamash.

Originally: the western North American plant Camassia quamash (family Agavaceae (formerly Liliaceae)), with blue flowers and sweet bulbs used for food by North American Indians. Later also (with distinguishing word): any of several other plants of the genus Camassia or of the genus Zigadenus (family Melanthiaceae), the latter having white flowers and bulbs resembling those of C. quamash but poisonous.death camas, etc.: see the first element.

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1805 W. Clark Jrnl. 20 Sept. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1988) V. 222 Those people gave us..roots in different States, Some round and much like an onion which they call Pas she co quamash.

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. 221 The Indians..come to it in the summer time to dig the camash root.

1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §1078 In the Oregon and Missouri districts of North America, the bulbs of Gamassia esculenta, Gamass or Squamash, are also employed in a similar manner.

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 452 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The plant is otherwise known as the eastern quamash, or wild hyacinth, and in botanical nomenclature is Scilla Fraseri.

1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 264/2 Zygadenus venenosus. ‘Death Quamash’, Hog's Potato.

1884 J. Miller Memorie & Rime 83 The camas blossom..all Oregon in the early spring.

1915 M. Armstrong & J. J. Thornber Field Bk. Western Wild Flowers 48 The name [Camassia] is derived from Quamash, the Indian name for these plants.

1959 E. Tunis Indians 112/2 For one thing they could dig any quantity of the sweet edible bulbs of a lily-like plant that we call camass and they called quamash.

1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 46 Camas, Camassia esculenta, also called the quamash flower, the sweet bulbs of which Northwestern Indians used for food.

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camas rat n. (see quot. 1868).

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1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands i. 35 The Camas Rat (Pseudostoma borealis)... The name is derived from its food, which consists chiefly of quamash root.

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释义	camascamashcammasquamashn. Forms: Also squamash. Originally: the western North American plant Camassia quamash (family Agavaceae (formerly Liliaceae)), with blue flowers and sweet bulbs used for food by North American Indians. Later also (with distinguishing word): any of several other plants of the genus Camassia or of the genus Zigadenus (family Melanthiaceae), the latter having white flowers and bulbs resembling those of C. quamash but poisonous.death camas, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > quamash root bread1757 camas1805 biscuitroot1837 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > quamash root bread1757 camas1805 biscuitroot1837 1805 W. Clark Jrnl. 20 Sept. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1988) V. 222 Those people gave us..roots in different States, Some round and much like an onion which they call Pas she co quamash. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. 221 The Indians..come to it in the summer time to dig the camash root. 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §1078 In the Oregon and Missouri districts of North America, the bulbs of Gamassia esculenta, Gamass or Squamash, are also employed in a similar manner. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 452 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The plant is otherwise known as the eastern quamash, or wild hyacinth, and in botanical nomenclature is Scilla Fraseri. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 264/2 Zygadenus venenosus. ‘Death Quamash’, Hog's Potato. 1884 J. Miller Memorie & Rime 83 The camas blossom..all Oregon in the early spring. 1915 M. Armstrong & J. J. Thornber Field Bk. Western Wild Flowers 48 The name [Camassia] is derived from Quamash, the Indian name for these plants. 1959 E. Tunis Indians 112/2 For one thing they could dig any quantity of the sweet edible bulbs of a lily-like plant that we call camass and they called quamash. 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 46 Camas, Camassia esculenta, also called the quamash flower, the sweet bulbs of which Northwestern Indians used for food. Compounds camas rat n. (see quot. 1868). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > other types of graphiure1849 camas rat1868 1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands i. 35 The Camas Rat (Pseudostoma borealis)... The name is derived from its food, which consists chiefly of quamash root. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1805
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