camash

Other forms of camash

plural

camashes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about camash

What does camash mean?

camash means "any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America".

How many syllables are in camash?

camash has 2 syllables: ca-mash. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for camash?

Close synonyms include camas, camass, quamash, camosh. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is camash a common word?

camash is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.