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atamasco lily

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at⋅a⋅mas⋅co lil⋅y

  [at-uh-mas-koh, at-]
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–noun
a plant, Zephyranthes atamasco, of the amaryllis family, of the southeastern U.S., bearing a single white lilylike flower sometimes tinged with purple.
Also called fairy lily.

Origin:
1620–30, Americanism; earlier attamusco < Virginia Algonquian
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at·a·mas·co lily   (āt'ə-mās'kō)   
n.  A bulbous plant (Zephyranthes atamasco) of the southeast United States, having a showy, solitary, white to pinkish flower on a long stalk.

[Virginia Algonquian attamusco.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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