wokas
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom the Klamath-Modoc word for the plant's seeds, wokas.
Pronunciation
editNoun
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- (US, regional) A large yellow water lily (Nuphar polysepala) found in the northwestern United States.
- (US, regional) seeds of this water lily, eaten by the Klamath and others.
Synonyms
edit- (Nuphar polysepala): Rocky Mountain spatterdock
Anagrams
editKlamath-Modoc
editAlternative forms
edit- wókash (Gatschet)
Etymology
editFrom the name of the lily, woksʔam.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwokas
- seeds of yellow water lilies (Nuphar polysepala), which ripen in July and August and are harvested, parched, hulled, and eaten by the Klamath and Modoc
References
edit- Gatschet, Samuel S. (1890). The Klamath Indians of southwestern Oregon. Volume II, Part II. United States Government Printing Office.
- Sturtevant, William C. (1978). Handbook of North American Indians, page 449
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