SEGO LILY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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

Synonyms:

Calochortus nuttallii; sego lily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sego lily" is a kind of...):

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

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