"wokas" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /woʊkəs/
Etymology: From the Klamath-Modoc word for the plant's seeds, wokas. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|kla|-}} Klamath-Modoc, {{m|kla|wokas}} wokas Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} wokas
  1. (US, regional) A large yellow water lily (Nuphar polysepala) found in the northwestern United States. Tags: US, regional Categories (lifeform): Nymphaeales order plants Synonyms (Nuphar polysepala): Rocky Mountain spatterdock
    Sense id: en-wokas-en-noun-HB4AHiLd Disambiguation of Nymphaeales order plants: 84 16 Categories (other): American English, Regional English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 86 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'Nuphar polysepala': 98 2
  2. (US, regional) seeds of this water lily, eaten by the Klamath and others. Tags: US, regional
    Sense id: en-wokas-en-noun-k8lTHZBJ Categories (other): American English, Regional English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wocus (english: as common as wokas), wokus, wocas (english: less common than wokas)

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