Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Camass

Camass , noun

[American Indian name.]

(Botany) 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.

The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri.

Camass , noun

[Origin uncert.]

A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills. [Western United States]