Cam"ass (?), n. [American Indian
name.] (Bot.) A blue-flowered liliaceous plant
(Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of
which are collected for food by the Indians. [Written also
camas, cammas, and quamash.]
☞ The Eastern cammass is Camassia
Fraseri.
Cam"ass (?). n. [Origin uncert.] A
small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills.
[Western U. S.]