death camas

== English == === Noun === death camas (uncountable) A member of a species of poisonous perennial flowering plants, Toxicoscordion venenosum (formerly Zigadenus venosus), easily confused with the edible camas, whose bulbs (rhizomes) look, but do not smell, like onion. (more generally) A member of any of various similar species, also called star lilies, of tribe Melanthieae in family Melanthiaceae, and formerly grouped into the genus Zigadenus (only Zigadenus glaberrimus remains there). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === death camas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Zigadenus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Melanthieae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Melanthieae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons