camas

Perhaps from Chinook Jargon qamaš, qawaš (“camas”), from Nootka qawaš (“camas”), or perhaps from Nez Perce qém̓es (“camas”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæmɪs/

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• Rhymes: -æmɪs

camas (plural camases or camas)

1. Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, “James' Bay and Dallas Road”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:

     There were stretches of fine, soft grass on the cliffs and great patches of camass and buttercups.

• cammas, camass, quamash

From cama + -s.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːməz/

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camas

1. plural of cama

• AACSM

camas

1. second-person singular past historic of camer

camas

1. plural of cama

camās

1. accusative plural of cama

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camas m (uncountable)

1. (Guernsey) noise

camas

1. plural of cama

camas f pl

1. plural of cama