| 释义 |
sego U.S.|ˈsiːgəʊ|
[Said to be Ute Indian.]
A showy-flowered plant, Calochortus Nuttallii, of the western United States, with an edible bulb. Also sego lily.
1851H. Howe Hist. Coll. Gt. West 432 Hogs fatten on a succulent bulb or tuber, called the Seacoe, or Seegose Root, which is highly esteemed as a table vegetable by the Mormons. 1852H. Stansbury Expl. & Survey Gt. Salt Lake 160 Sego..is much used by the Indian tribes as an article of food. 1875Amer. Naturalist IX. 18 The general Indian name of ‘Sego’ is applied indiscriminately to all the edible bulbs of this region [sc. Utah]. 1883Harper's Mag. 709/2. 1915 Armstrong & Thornber Western Wild Flowers 64 [The mariposa] is called Sego Lily..in Utah and is the ‘State flower’. 1963J. J. Craighead et al. Field Guide to Rocky Mt. Wildflowers 18 Sego Lily... A white tuliplike flower with a triangular cup-shaped appearance. |