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GENUS QUAMASSIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs
Synonyms:
Camassia; genus Camassia; genus Quamassia; Quamassia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Quamassia" is a kind of...):
liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
Meronyms (members of "genus Quamassia"):
camas; camash; camass; camosh; quamash (any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America)
Camassia quamash; common camas (plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes; western North America)
Camassia leichtlinii; Leichtlin's camas (camas found to the west of Cascade Mountains)
Camassia scilloides; indigo squill; wild hyacinth (eastern camas; eastern and central North America)
Holonyms ("genus Quamassia" is a member of...):
family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)
