quamash

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon qamaš.

Pronunciation

Noun

quamash (plural quamashes)

  1. Dated form of camas.
    • 1915, Mary Hampden, Every woman's flower garden: how to make and keep it beautiful:
      Lavender and purple-shaded blues are offered by the tall, hardy quamashes, Camassias esculenta, Cusickii, and Fraseri, or C. Leichtlini varieties.