- camass⇄camass orcamas, noun.
1. a plant of the lily family growing in western North America. Its sweet, nourishing bulbs were eaten by Indians.
2. death camass. Also, quamash. - camass⇄death camas orcamass
1. a perennial plant of the lily family common in the western United States, with grasslike leaves, cream-colored flowers, and a bulb poisonous to cattle, sheep, and other grazing animals.
2. its bulb.