SEGO LILY
Dictionary entry overview: What does sego lily mean? • SEGO LILY (noun)
The noun SEGO LILY has 1 sense:
1. perennial plant having clusters of one to four showy white bell-shaped flowers atop erect unbranched stems; edible bulbs useful in times of scarcity; eastern Montana and western North Dakota south to northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico
Familiarity information: SEGO LILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SEGO LILY (noun)
Meaning:
Perennial plant having clusters of one to four showy white bell-shaped flowers atop erect unbranched stems; edible bulbs useful in times of scarcity; eastern Montana and western North Dakota south to northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calochortus nuttallii; sego lily
Hypernyms ("sego lily" is a kind of...):
liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)
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