| 单词 |
camash |
| 释义 |
‖ camas, camash, cammas variant forms of quamash (Camassia esculenta), a liliaceous plant, whose bulbs are eaten by North American Indians.
1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville II. 221 The Indians..come to it in the summer time to dig the camash root. 1884Joaquin Miller Mem. & Rime 83 The camas blossom..all Oregon in the early spring. Hence camas rat (see quot.).
1868Wood Homes without H. i. 35 The Camas Rat (Pseudostoma borealis)..The name is derived from its food, which consists chiefly of quamash root. |

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