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quamash

American  
[kwom-ash, kwuh-mash] / ˈkwɒm æʃ, kwəˈmæʃ /

noun

  1. camass.


quamash British  
/ kwəˈmæʃ, ˈkwɒmæʃ /

noun

  1. another name for camass

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Hither also the tribes from the Rocky Mountains brought down horses, bear-grass, quamash, and other commodities of the interior.

From Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington

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 Brooks, Noah

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 Morgan, Lewis H.

In early summer the best forage is on the warm hill-sides where the quamash and the Indian turnip grow.

From The Biography of a Grizzly by Seton, Ernest Thompson

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 Lewis, Meriwether