Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Definition: Camassia |
CamassiaNoun1. Genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: CamassiaSynonyms: genus Camassia (n), genus Quamassia (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Camassia |
| English words defined with "Camassia": camas, camash, camass, Camassia leichtlinii, Camassia quamash, Camassia scilloides, camosh ♦ genus Camassia ♦ quamash. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
Medium shot of Camassia quamash.Credit: John Craig. | Camas of the genus camassia with edible bulbs.Credit: T. Hogervorst. | ||
Meadow display of small camas (Camassia Quamash), American Bistort (Polygonum bistortoides) and slenderfruit lomatium (Lomatium leptocarpum).Credit: John Craig. | Farshot of Camassia quamash.Credit: John Craig. | ||
Closeup shot of Camassia quamash.Credit: John Craig. | Common Camas (Camassia quamash) at Shady Cove.Credit: Terry Tuttle. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "Camassia": Camassia esculenta ♦ Camassia Farseri ♦ Camassia Fraseri ♦ Camassia leichtlinii ♦ Camassia quamash ♦ Camassia scilloides ♦ genus Camassia. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
camassia | 7 |
camassia quamash | 4 |
camassia leichtlinii | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "camassia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | amassiacay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-i-m-s-s" | |
-1 letter: camisas. | |
-2 letters: camass, camisa, cassia. | |
-3 letters: amass, amias, amiss, assai, camas, casas, massa, micas, scams, simas. | |
-4 letters: aims, amas, amia, amis, asci, cams, casa, isms, macs, mass, mica, miss, sacs, scam, sics, sima, sims. | |
-5 letters: aas, aim, ais, ama, ami, ass, cam, cis, ism, mac, mas, mis, sac, sic, sim, sis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-i-m-s-s" | |
+4 letters: antimacassar. | |
+5 letters: antimacassars, charlatanisms, galactosemias, osteomalacias. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 6D 61 73 73 69 61 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- -- .- ... ... .. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01101101 01100001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a m a s s i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 006D 0061 0073 0073 0069 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3767796785857567 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.