a camass (Camassia scilloides) of the E U.S., with bluish flowers
2.
wood hyacinth
wild hyacinth in American English
noun
any of several plants having usually blue flowers resembling those of a hyacinth, as Camassia scilloides, of the central U.S., or Triteleia hyacinthina, of western North America
Word origin
[1840–50, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, colloid, flan, pylon, warmup