genus Quamassia
- noun
- /ˈdʒɛnəs kwəˈmæsɪə/
- Specialized
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género Quamassia
- The genus Quamassia includes several species with edible bulbs.
Examples
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Scientists are studying the edible bulbs of the genus Quamassia for new agricultural uses.
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Native peoples traditionally harvested plants from the genus Quamassia as a food source.
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Botanists classify several similar North American wildflowers within the genus Quamassia.
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Many gardeners appreciate the genus Quamassia for its large bulbs.
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Native peoples traditionally harvested plants from the genus Quamassia as a food source.
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Botanists classify several similar North American wildflowers within the genus Quamassia.
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Scientists are studying the edible bulbs of the genus Quamassia for new agricultural uses.
Synonyms
A group of flowering plants with large edible bulbs found in North and South America
A plant with large edible bulbs and blue flowers used as food by native people
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition of the taxonomic noun 'genus' and the proper name 'Quamassia'; a learner who knows 'genus' as a biological rank and 'Quamassia' as the plant name will easily infer it refers to the genus called Quamassia. Scientific naming conventions (genus + name) are regular and cross-linguistically recognizable, so the meaning is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Genus Quamassia may come from a Native word for wild plants whose big, edible bulbs people dug up and ate as 'food'. So the name points to this group of plants and their edible bulbs today.
