Camas vs Cabas - What's the difference?
camas | cabas |
Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia .
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A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.
A lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag.
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As nouns the difference between camas and cabas
is that camas is any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia while cabas is a flat basket or frail for figs, etc.As a proper noun Camas
is a town in Clark County, Washington, USA.camas
English
Etymology 1
Perhaps from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* cammas, camass, quamashNoun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* death camasEtymology 2
Noun
(head)cabas
English
Alternative forms
* cabaNoun
- I looked at Frances, she was putting her books into her cabas