CALOCHORTUS NUTTALLII

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Calochortus nuttallii mean? 

• CALOCHORTUS NUTTALLII (noun)
  The noun CALOCHORTUS NUTTALLII has 1 sense:

1. perennial 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

  Familiarity information: CALOCHORTUS NUTTALLII used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALOCHORTUS NUTTALLII (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial 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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calochortus nuttallii; sego lily

Hypernyms ("Calochortus nuttallii" is a kind of...):

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)