Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Camass \Cam"ass\, n. [American Indian name.] (Bot.)
   A blue-flowered liliaceous plant ({Camassia esculenta}) of
   northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for
   food by the Indians. [Written also {camas}, {cammas}, and
   {quamash}.]

   Note: The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri.