Noun: sego lily 'see-gow'li-lee
- 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
"Native Americans harvested sego lily bulbs for food";
- Calochortus nuttallii
Derived forms: sego lilies
Type of: liliaceous plant
Encyclopedia: Sego lily