What does common camas mean?

common camas means "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".

What is another word for common camas?

Close synonyms include Camassia quamash. 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 common camas a common word?

common camas is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Common camas — meaning and 1 synonym

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1.
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
SynonymsCamassia quamash
Broadercamas
Part ofCamassia

Questions about common camas

What does common camas mean?: common camas means "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".
What is another word for common camas?: Close synonyms include Camassia quamash. 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.

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