atamasco lily
[ at-uh-mas-koh, at- ]
noun
a plant,Zephyranthes atamasco, of the amaryllis family, of the southeastern U.S., bearing a single white lilylike flower sometimes tinged with purple.
Origin of atamasco lily
11620–30, Americanism; earlier attamusco<Virginia Algonquian
- Also called fairy lily.
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How to use atamasco lily in a sentence
The atamasco lily seems to be perfectly at home in the garden and so does the bloodroot.
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