white camas

white camas
noun
plant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purple; poisonous especially to grazing animals
Syn: ↑Zigadenus glaucus
Hypernyms: ↑death camas, ↑zigadene
Member Holonyms: ↑Zigadenus, ↑genus Zigadenus

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noun
: a camas (Zigadenus glaucus) chiefly of eastern United States having a creamy white perianth that is suffused with green, bronze, or purple

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