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yampah

/ˈjæmpə/

yampah noun: any of the genus Perideridia of plants in the parsley family, native to western North America, with umbels of white flowers, especially Perideridia gairdneri, which has an edible root.

Noun

yampah (plural yampahs)

  1. Any of the genus Perideridia of plants in the parsley family, native to western North America, with umbels of white flowers, especially Perideridia gairdneri, which has an edible root.
    • At this place I became first acquainted with the yampah (anethum graveolens,) which I found our Snake woman engaged in digging in the low timbered bottom of the creek.1845, J[ohn] C[harles] Frémont, Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-’44, Washington: Gales and Seaton...

Forms of yampah

pluralyampahs
alternative formyampa

Origin of yampah

From Shoshone yampa.

Questions about yampah

What does yampah mean?
Yampah means any of the genus Perideridia of plants in the parsley family, native to western North America, with umbels of white flowers, especially Perideridia gairdneri, which has an edible root.
What part of speech is yampah?
Yampah is a noun.
How do you pronounce yampah?
Yampah is pronounced /ˈjæmpə/.
What is the plural of yampah?
The plural of yampah is yampahs.

Words near yampah in the dictionary

  1. YAMOs
  2. Yamoussoukro
  3. yamp
  4. yampa
  5. Yampa River
  6. yampah
  7. yampahs
  8. yampas
  9. yampe
  10. yampee
  11. yampees

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