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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America;
[syn: camas, camass, quamash, camosh, camash]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Camass \Cam"ass\, n. [American Indian name.] (Bot.) any of several plants of the genus Camassia of North and South America, especially the blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which were collected for food by the Indians. [Written also camas, cammas, and quamash.] Syn: camass, quamash, camosh, camash. [1913 Webster] Note: The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

camas \camas\ n. same as camass. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

camas n 1: any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America [syn: camas, camass, quamash, camosh, camash]
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):

Camas -- U.S. County in Idaho Population (2000): 991 Housing Units (2000): 601 Land area (2000): 1074.956264 sq. miles (2784.123824 sq. km) Water area (2000): 4.063628 sq. miles (10.524748 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1079.019892 sq. miles (2794.648572 sq. km) Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16 Location: 43.391502 N, 114.773345 W Headwords: Camas Camas, ID Camas County Camas County, ID
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Camas, WA -- U.S. city in Washington Population (2000): 12534 Housing Units (2000): 4736 Land area (2000): 10.905359 sq. miles (28.244749 sq. km) Water area (2000): 1.669388 sq. miles (4.323696 sq. km) Total area (2000): 12.574747 sq. miles (32.568445 sq. km) FIPS code: 09480 Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53 Location: 45.591008 N, 122.412104 W ZIP Codes (1990): 98607 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Camas, WA Camas