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CAMASSIA SCILLOIDES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Camassia scilloides mean?
• CAMASSIA SCILLOIDES (noun)
The noun CAMASSIA SCILLOIDES has 1 sense:
1. eastern camas; eastern and central North America
Familiarity information: CAMASSIA SCILLOIDES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eastern camas; eastern and central North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Camassia scilloides; indigo squill; wild hyacinth
Hypernyms ("Camassia scilloides" is a kind of...):
camas; camash; camass; camosh; quamash (any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America)
Holonyms ("Camassia scilloides" is a member of...):
Camassia; genus Camassia; genus Quamassia; Quamassia (genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs)
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