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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, uncountable
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noun
any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: zigadene
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Broader terms: liliaceous plant
Narrower terms: alkali grass, Zigadenus elegans, white camas, Zigadenus glaucus, poison camas, Zigadenus nuttalli, grassy death camas, Zigadenus venenosus, Zigadenus venenosus gramineus
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