atamasco lily

[ at-uh-mas-koh, at- ]

noun

1. a plant, Zephyranthes atamasco, of the amaryllis family, of the southeastern U.S., bearing a single white lilylike flower sometimes tinged with purple.

Word History and Origins

Origin of atamasco lily¹

1620–30, Americanism; earlier attamusco < Virginia Algonquian

Example Sentences

The atamasco lily seems to be perfectly at home in the garden and so does the bloodroot.

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