Definitions
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- noun Any of the
genus Perideridia ofplants in theparsley family, native to westernNorth America , withumbels of whiteflowers , especially Perideridia gairdneri, which has an edible root.
Etymologies
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Examples
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For our supper we had _yampah_, the most agreeably flavored of the roots, seasoned by a small fat duck, which had come in the way of Jacob's rifle.
The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself de Witt C. Peters
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(Carum, or Anethum), called by the Shoshoni Indians yampah.
Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904
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Among the roots we obtained here, I could distinguish only five or six different kinds; and the supply of the Indians whom we met consisted principally of yampah, (_anethum graveolens_,) tobacoo-root,
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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This morning we breakfasted on yampah, and had only kamas for supper; but
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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For our supper we had _yampah_, the most agreeably flavored of the roots, seasoned by a small fat duck, which had come in the way of Jacob's rifle.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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On the bottoms of the streams he also digs up the "kamas" root (_camassia esculenta_), the "yampah," (_anethum graveolens_), the "kooyah"
Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Mayne Reid 1850
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English-speaking California botanists would have a wealth of American Indian names to draw from, but not many are in common use, and some - ookow, yampah, camas, kinnikinnick - may have originated outside California.
SFGate: Top News Stories home@sfchronicle.com (Joe Eaton 2010
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English-speaking California botanists would have a wealth of American Indian names to draw from, but not many are in common use, and some - ookow, yampah, camas, kinnikinnick - may have originated outside California.
SFGate: Top News Stories home@sfchronicle.com (Joe Eaton 2010
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_yampah_, (_anethum graveolens_,) which I found our Snake woman engaged in digging in the low timbered bottom of the creek.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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` kooyah, 'and ` yampah' roots are worth mentioning, as thousands of the miserable Indians who inhabit the American Desert subsist chiefly on them.
The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850
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