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GRASSY DEATH CAMAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grassy death camas mean? 

GRASSY DEATH CAMAS (noun)
  The noun GRASSY DEATH CAMAS has 1 sense:

1. plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animalsplay

  Familiarity information: GRASSY DEATH CAMAS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRASSY DEATH CAMAS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

grassy death camas; Zigadenus venenosus; Zigadenus venenosus gramineus

Hypernyms ("grassy death camas" is a kind of...):

death camas; zigadene (any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous)

Holonyms ("grassy death camas" is a member of...):

genus Zigadenus; Zigadenus (genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)


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