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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Perhaps from Chinook Jargon qamaš, qawaš (“camas”), from Nootka qawaš (“camas”), or perhaps from Nez Perce qém̓es (“camas”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
camas (plural camases or camas)
- Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.
- 1942, Emily Carr, “James' Bay and Dallas Road”, in The Book of Small:
- There were stretches of fine, soft grass on the cliffs and great patches of camass and buttercups.
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Translations[edit]
plant
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
camas
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Verb[edit]
camas
- second-person singular past historic of camer
Galician[edit]
Noun[edit]
camas
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
camās
- accusative plural of cama
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
camas m (uncountable)
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
camas
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
camas f pl
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- English terms borrowed from Chinook Jargon
- English terms derived from Chinook Jargon
- English terms borrowed from Nootka
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- en:Agavoideae subfamily plants
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