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Quamash

See Camass.

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Camass 92% connected

A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the Indians.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adventitious root noun · 78% connection

root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem

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Apomict noun · 78% connection

a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis

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Archespore noun · 78% connection

primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops

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Archesporium noun · 78% connection

primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops

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Arthrospore noun · 78% connection

a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria

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Autophyte noun · 78% connection

plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

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Autophytic plant noun · 78% connection

plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

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Autotrophic organism noun · 78% connection

plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

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Briarroot noun · 78% connection

hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea

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Button snakeroot noun · 78% connection

any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads

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Chicory root noun · 78% connection

the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute

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Cocoyam noun · 78% connection

edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants

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Corn silk noun · 78% connection

each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn

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Cornsilk noun · 78% connection

each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn

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Cultivar noun · 78% connection

a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation

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Dasheen noun · 78% connection

edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants

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Daughter cell noun · 78% connection

a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell; "anthrax grows by dividing into two daughter cells that are generally identi…

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Dicot family noun · 78% connection

family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

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Cammas noun · 78% connection

See Camass.

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Hyacinth noun · 78% connection

A plant of the genus Camassia (C. Farseri), called also Eastern camass; wild hyacinth.

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