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quamash

[ kwom-ash, kwuh-mash ]

noun



quamash

/ kwəˈmæʃ; ˈkwɒmæʃ /

noun

  1. another name for camass
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Colter and Willard set out this morning on a hunting excurtion towards the quamash grounds beyond Collins's Creek.

I killed a small black pheasant near the quamash grounds this evening which is the first I have seen below the snowy region.

Camas (quamash) is a bulbous root much used for food by the Indians of the Columbia.

The name is derived from Quamash, the Indian name for these plants.

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

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