sego lily

n. A western North American bulbous plant (Calochortus nuttallii) having large white to lavender cup-shaped flowers.

se′go lil′y

(ˈsi goʊ)
n. a plant, Calochortus nuttallii, of the western U.S., having bell-shaped flowers and an edible root. [< Southern Paiute siγoˀo]

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sego lily - 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 MexicoCalochortus nuttalliililiaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber

sego lily

(sē`gō), ornamental plant (Calochortus nuttallii) of the family Liliaceae (lilylily,
common name for the Liliaceae, a plant family numbering several thousand species of as many as 300 genera, widely distributed over the earth and particularly abundant in warm temperate and tropical regions.
..... Click the link for more information. family), also known in parts of the West as mariposa lily. It is native to the region W of the Rocky Mts., especially Utah, of which it is the state emblem. It has narrow leaves, beautiful tuliplike white flowers marked with purple, lilac, or yellow, and bulbous roots that were used by the early settlers for food. It is used in Mormon symbolism. It is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Liliopsida, order Liliales, family Liliaceae.

sego lily

of Utah. [Flower Symbolism: Golenpaul, 643]See: Flower, State

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noun perennial plant having clusters of one to four showy white bell-shaped flowers atop erect unbranched stems

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