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sego lily
noun
- a plant, Calochortus nuttallii, of the lily family, native to the western U.S., having showy, bell-shaped flowers: the state flower of Utah.
- its edible root.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sego lily1
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
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Example Sentences
It has gone through various updates, and includes images of an American bald eagle, arrows, sego lilies and a beehive on a white shield, the words “Industry” and “Utah.”
From Washington Times
Wildflowers crowded my wheels: blue flax and sego lily, golden pea and spiderwort.
From New York Times
Wood spies dried sego lily flowers and starts digging for something that helped sustain the Utah pioneers.
From Washington Times
The ephemeral bloom of a sego lily peeks from the toe of a ninety-foot stone arch, and canyon wrens call back and forth in plaintive tones from a thatch of scrub oak.
From Literature
Here we found a sego lily, one of the most beautiful of flowers.
From Project Gutenberg
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