'Cammas' definitions:
Definition of 'cammas'
From: GCIDE
- Camass \Cam"ass\, n. [American Indian name.] (Bot.) any of several plants of the genus Camassia of North and South America, especially the blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which were collected for food by the Indians. [Written also camas, cammas, and quamash.]
- Syn: camass, quamash, camosh, camash. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri. [1913 Webster]