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Quamash vs Camas - What's the difference?

quamash | camas | Alternative forms |

Camas is a alternative form of quamash.



As nouns the difference between quamash and camas

is that quamash is dated form of camas while camas is any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.

As a proper noun Camas is

a town in Clark County, Washington, USA.

quamash

English

Noun

(es)
  • * 1915 , Mary Hampden, Every woman's flower garden: how to make and keep it beautiful :
    • Lavender and purple-shaded blues are offered by the tall, hardy quamashes , Camassias esculenta, Cusickii, and Fraseri, or C. Leichtlini varieties.

    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)
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