quamash
Americannoun
noun
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It is called quamash, and is eaten either in its natural state or boiled into a kind of soup or made into a cake, which is then called pasheco.
From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Lewis H. Morgan
It is called quamash, and is eaten either in its natural state, or boiled into a kind of soup, or made into a cake, which is called pasheco.
From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Thomas Bulfinch
I killed a small black pheasant near the quamash grounds this evening which is the first I have seen below the snowy region.
From The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by Meriwether Lewis
It is called quamash, and is eaten either in its natural state, or boiled into a kind of soup, or made into a cake, which is then called pasheco.
From First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 by Noah Brooks
The pale blue flowers of the quamash gave to the level country the appearance of a blue lake.
From First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 by Noah Brooks
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