quamash

IPA: kwˈɑmˈæʃ

Dated form of camas. [Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.]

Examples of "quamash" in Sentences

Please clarify about edibility of Quamash.
And the quamash beds in May sang a perfect chorus when the wind was right:
Quamash is not just an edible plant, it is also grown as an ornamental plant.
For "quamash" read "camass," an edible root much prized by the Nez Percés then and now.
In early summer the best forage is on the warm hillsides where the quamash and the Indian turnip grow.
Amongst the sedum are clumps of Camassia quamash bulbs that were taken from under the large pine trees.
In early summer the best forage is on the warm hill-sides where the quamash and the Indian turnip grow.
It is called quamash, and is eaten either in its natural state or boiled into a kind of soup or made into a cake, which is then called pasheco.
It is called quamash, and is eaten either in its natural state, or boiled into a kind of soup, or made into a cake, which is then called pasheco.
As he stood in doubt, he caught sight of the old Grizzly himself slouching along a hillside, stopping from time to time to dig up the quamash-roots and wild turnips.
Among these last is one which is round and much like an onion in appearance and sweet to the taste: it is called quamash, and is eaten either in its natural state, or boiled into a kind of soup or made into