death camas

See also: deathcamas

English

Noun

death camas (uncountable)

1. A member of a species of poisonous perennial flowering plants, (formerly Zigadenus venosus), easily confused with the edible camas, whose bulbs (rhizomes) look like, but do not smell like, like onion.
2. (more generally) A member of any of various similar species, also called star lilies, of family Melanthiaceae, and formerly grouped into the genus (only remains there).

Translations

Zigadenus venenosus

• Navajo: áłtsínítsoh
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