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| has gloss | (noun) plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals Zigadenus venenosus, Zigadenus venenosus gramineus, grassy death camas |
| has gloss | eng: Zigadenus venenosus, commonly called death camas or meadow deathcamas, is a flowering plant in the genus Zigadenus belonging to the Melanthiaceae. It grows up to 70 cm tall with long, basal, grass-like leaves. The bulbs are oval and look like onions but do not smell like onions.Turner, Nancy J. Food Plants of Interior First Peoples (Victoria: UBC Press, 1997) ISBN 0-7748-0606-0 The flowers are cream coloured or white and grow in pointed clusters Death camas occurs in some parts of western North America and can be easily confused with edible onions of genus Allium. They tend to grow in dry meadows and on dry hillsides as well as sagebrush slopes and montane forests. |
| lexicalization | eng: Death Camas |
| lexicalization | eng: grassy death camas |
| lexicalization | eng: Zigadenus venenosus gramineus |
| lexicalization | eng: Zigadenus venenosus |
| subclass of | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous death camas, zigadene |
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| member of | (noun) genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae genus Zigadenus, Zigadenus |
| similar | e/Zigadenus venenosus |
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| media:img | Zigadenus venenosus 0102.JPG |
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