wocus

• wokas (as common as wocus)
• wokus, wocas (less common than wocus)

From the Klamath-Modoc word for the plant's seeds, wocus.

• IPA^(key): /woʊ kəs/

wocus

1. (US, regional) A large yellow water lily (Nuphar polysepala) found in the northwestern United States.
2. (US, regional) The seeds of this water lily, eaten by the Klamath and others.

• (Nuphar polysepala): Rocky Mountain spatterdock

• wókash (Gatschet)

From the name of the lily, woksʔam.[1]

• IPA^(key): /wokəs/[1]

wocus

1. the seeds of the yellow water lily (Nuphar polysepala), which ripen in July and August and are harvested, parched, hulled, and eaten by the Klamath and Modoc

• Gatschet, Samuel S. (1890). The Klamath Indians of southwestern Oregon. Volume II, Part II. United States Government Printing Office.
• Sturtevant, William C. (1978). Handbook of North American Indians, page 449