genus quamassia

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   genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs

   SynonymsCamassiagenus CamassiaQuamassia

   Broaderliliid monocot genus

   Part ofLiliaceae

Questions about genus quamassia

What does genus quamassia mean?

genus quamassia means "genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs".

What is another word for genus quamassia?

Close synonyms include Camassia, genus Camassia, Quamassia. 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 genus quamassia a common word?

genus quamassia 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.