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Camas vs Camassia - What's the difference?

camas | camassia |

As proper nouns the difference between camas and camassia

is that camas is a town in clark county, washington, usa while camassia is .

camas

English

Etymology 1

Perhaps from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* cammas, camass, quamash

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia .
    • Derived terms
    * death camas

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
    • ----

    camassia

    English

    (wikipedia camassia) (wikispecies)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the genus Camassia of flowering plants, the camases.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 23, author=Charles Elliott, title=Organic Looks Easy, if You’ve Got a Royal Staff, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Even the Wildflower Meadow needs replanting with 500 camassia bulbs a year, among other things. }}