atamasco lily

American

[at-uh-mas-koh, at-] / ˈæt əˈmæs koʊ, ˌæt- /

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of atamasco lily

1620–30, earlier attamusco < Virginia Algonquian

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

From How Girls Can Help Their Country by Low, Juliette Gordon

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