quamash

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/ˈkwɑ.mæʃ//kwəˈmæʃ/

A form of camas — Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.

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OriginChinook Jargon qamaš →
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Meanings

nounquamash (plural quamashes)

plural quamashes

  1. datedDated form of camas.

    Lavender and purple-shaded blues are offered by the tall, hardy quamashes, Camassias esculenta, Cusickii, and Fraseri, or C. Leichtlini varieties.

    1915, Mary Hampden, Every woman's flower garden: how to make and keep it beautiful

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America

Similar
camascamasscamoshcamash
Broader
liliaceous plant
Also see
camascamass

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Chinook Jargonqamaš
  2. Englishquamash

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon qamaš.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with quamash

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Cite this entry
APA

quamash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quamash

MLA

“quamash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quamash. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quamash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quamash.

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