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QUAMASSIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Quamassia mean? 

QUAMASSIA (noun)
  The noun QUAMASSIA has 1 sense:

1. genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbsplay

  Familiarity information: QUAMASSIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUAMASSIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Camassia; genus Camassia; genus Quamassia; Quamassia

Hypernyms ("Quamassia" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "Quamassia"):

camas; camash; camass; camosh; quamash (any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America)

Camassia quamash; common camas (plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes; western North America)

Camassia leichtlinii; Leichtlin's camas (camas found to the west of Cascade Mountains)

Camassia scilloides; indigo squill; wild hyacinth (eastern camas; eastern and central North America)

Holonyms ("Quamassia" is a member of...):

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)


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