Etymology
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Borrowed from Chinook Jargon qamaš.
Pronunciation
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quamash (plural quamashes)
- Dated form of camas.
1915, Mary Hampden, Every woman's flower garden: how to make and keep it beautiful:Lavender and purple-shaded blues are offered by the tall, hardy quamashes, Camassias esculenta, Cusickii, and Fraseri, or C. Leichtlini varieties.