noun
- a North American plant with blue or purple flowers and edible bulbs, traditionally used as food by Native Americans
Usage: botany
Examples
- The camas blooms created a sea of blue across the prairie.
- Native tribes harvested camas bulbs in late summer.
- Camas was a staple food source for many Pacific Northwest peoples.
- The meadow was filled with wild camas flowers.
- Early settlers learned to identify edible camas from local tribes.
- Camas bulbs were traditionally roasted in earth ovens.