1. 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; [syn: common camas, Camassia quamash]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
common camas
n 1: 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 [syn:
common camas, Camassia quamash]