sego lily

noun

se·​go lily ˈsē-(ˌ)gō- How to pronounce sego lily (audio)
: a mariposa lily (Calochortus nuttallii) of western North America having mostly white or in some areas mostly yellow flowers mottled with a darker color

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One is particularly popular: the sego lilies snowing over SLC's skyline. — Erin Alberty, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025 Women’s groups around the country began making their choices, and, in the decades that followed, states codified their selections and added others: the sagebrush of Nevada, the Cherokee rose of Georgia, the sego lily of Utah. — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2024

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sego the bulb of the sego lily, from Southern Paiute siγoʔo

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1913, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sego lily was in 1913

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sego lily

noun
ˌsē-gō-
: a western North American herb related to the lilies and having usually white flowers with purplish or yellow markings

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