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Definition of: camas
(kam′əs) noun
1. Any of several North American bulbous herbs of the lily family (genus Camassia); especially, C. quamash, having an edible bulb.
2. The death camas. Sometimes spelled cammas, quamash. Also cam′ass. [<Chinook jargon]
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