sego

American  

[see-goh] / ˈsi goʊ /

noun

plural

segos

1. sego lily.

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Etymology

Origin of sego

1850–55, < Southern Paiute siγoʔo

Example Sentences

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 "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

They ranged the hills and benches to dig sego and thistle roots, and in the last days of winter many took the rawhides from their roofs, boiling and eating them.

From The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West by Wilson, Harry Leon

Many people lived for weeks on "greens" and the roots of the sego and thistle.

From A Young Folks' History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Anderson, Nephi

For instance, the sego lily bulbs, upon which the Utah pioneers subsisted for several seasons of famine, may possibly be made a cultivated crop.

From Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by Widtsoe, John Andreas

Here we found a sego lily, one of the most beautiful of flowers.

From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane