HyperDic: calochortus_nuttallii

English > 1 sense of the expression Calochortus nuttallii:
NOUNplantCalochortus nuttallii, sego lilyperennial plant having clusters of one to four showy white bell-shaped flowers atop erect unbranched stems
English > Calochortus nuttallii: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningperennial 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.
Synonymsego lily
Broaderliliaceous plantplant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber

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