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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.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of atamasco lily1
1620–30, Americanism; 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.
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