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单词 camas
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camas

noun

cam·​as ˈka-məs How to pronounce camas (audio)
variants or less commonly camass
ˈka-məs How to pronounce camas (audio)
or quamash
ˈkwä-mish How to pronounce camas (audio)
: any of a genus (Camassia and especially C. quamash) of plants of the lily family chiefly of the western U.S. with edible bulbs compare death camas

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The large, dense camas patch at Quamash Prairie, according to Zonick, has likely survived since before colonization. Brian Oaster, oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2021 Instead, the small museum space is filled with wall-length images of local natural places, like quiet rivers or meadows strewn with camas lilies. oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2022 En Springfield, Misuri, Terrence Coulter, director de cuidados intensivos de CoxHealth, un hospital de 500 camas, dijo que los pacientes de COVID-19 que llegan al hospital son más jóvenes y están más enfermos que en la ola anterior. New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021 Once one of the most abundant wildflowers in the region, camas lilies have dwindled in number yet remain a common wildflower across the Pacific Northwest. oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2021 In Oregon’s Willamette Valley, annual bouts of fall fire created veldts, typically 10 to 20 acres in size, of nearly pure camas lily, which have tasty roots that Kalapuya families gathered and stored for winter. Kiliii Yüyan, History & Culture, 17 Dec. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Nez Percé qémʼes, qémʼeš

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined above

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