Crossword-Solution: QUAMASH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Quamash | n. | See Camass. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERTEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with QUAMASH (5)
Colter and Willard set out this morning on a hunting excurtion towards the quamash grounds beyond Collins's Creek.
Each root had its own little piece to say to his nose: "Here am I, a big Quamash, rich and ripe," or a tiny, sharp voice, "Here am I, a good-for-nothing, stringy little root." And the broad, rich russulas in the autumn called aloud, "I am a fat, wholesome Mushroom," and the deadly amanita cried, "I am an Amanita.
Among these last is one which is round and much like an onion in appearance and sweet to the taste: it is called quamash, and is eaten either in its natural state, or boiled into a kind of soup or made into a cake, which is then called pasheco.
Each root had its own little piece to say to his nose: "Here am I, a big Quamash, rich and ripe," or a tiny, sharp voice, "Here am I, a good-for-nothing, stringy little root." [Illustration] And the broad, rich russulas in the autumn called aloud, "I am a fat, wholesome Mushroom," and the deadly amanita cried, "I am an Amanita.
This, with another kind, known as "kamas" or "quamash" (_Camassia esculenta_), is a spontaneous production; and the digging for these roots forms, at a certain season of the year, the principal occupation of the women.