camass

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cam=ass

CIDE DICTIONARY

camass, n. [American Indian name.].

 any of several plants of the genus Camassia of North and South America, especially the blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which were collected for food by the Indians.  [1913 Webster]
" The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri."  [1913 Webster]

camass, n. [Origin uncert.].

 A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]