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sego

American  
[see-goh] / ˈsi goʊ /

noun

plural

segos
  1. sego lily.


Etymology

Origin of sego

1850–55, < Southern Paiute siγoʔo

Example Sentences

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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

My neighbours the peasants say that at harvest-time the Cigale sings to them: Sego, sego, sego!

From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard

On the upper bank of the canal, where the sagebrush stood untouched, Dorian that summer found the first sego blossoms.

From Dorian by Anderson, Nephi

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

From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane

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