death camas

noun

A member of a species of poisonous perennial flowering plants, Toxicoscordion venenosum (formerly Zigadenus venosus), easily confused with the edible camas, whose bulbs (rhizomes) look, but do not smell, like onion.

Similar
zigadene
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Meanings

noundeath camas (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA member of a species of poisonous perennial flowering plants, Toxicoscordion venenosum (formerly Zigadenus venosus), easily confused with the edible camas, whose bulbs (rhizomes) look, but do not smell, like onion.
  2. broadlyuncountableA member of any of various similar species, also called star lilies, of tribe Melanthieae in family Melanthiaceae, and formerly grouped into the genus Zigadenus (only Zigadenus glaberrimus remains there).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous

Similar
zigadene
Broader
liliaceous plant
Also see
hog potatozigadene

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Esperanto mortkamasio
  • mortkamasioZigadenus venenosus
French mort de camas, mort de camas de prairie
  • mort de camasZigadenus venenosus
  • mort de camas de prairieZigadenus venenosus
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APA

death camas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20camas

MLA

“death camas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20camas. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “death camas,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20camas.

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