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POISON CAMAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poison camas mean?
• POISON CAMAS (noun)
The noun POISON CAMAS has 1 sense:
1. a common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas
Familiarity information: POISON CAMAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
poison camas; Zigadenus nuttalli
Hypernyms ("poison 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 ("poison camas" is a member of...):
genus Zigadenus; Zigadenus (genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)
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