camass(n = noun.plant) camas, camash, camosh, quamash - any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America;
is a kind of liliaceous plant
is a member of camassia, genus camassia, genus quamassia, quamassia
has particulars: camassia quamash, common camas, camassia leichtlinii, leichtlin's camas, camassia scilloides, indigo squill, wild hyacinth

   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. [1913 Webster]
" The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri." [1913 Webster]

   A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]