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atamasco lily|ætəˈmæskəʊ| Also † attamusco. [N. Amer. Ind.] A plant, Zephyranthes atamasco, of the south-eastern U.S., bearing a single lily-like flower.
[1629Parkinson Parad. 87 Narcissus Virgineus. The Virginia Daffodil... The Indians in Virginia do call it Attamusco.] 1743Catesby Carolina I. App. 112 The Attamusco Lilly is a native of Virginia and Carolina. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 305 Atamasco Lily, Amaryllis. 1813Muhlenberg Catal. Plants 34 Atamasco lily; Car. Georg. Pen.; fl. Jun. 1956Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) IV. 2307 Atamasco Lily..perianth 23/4 to 41/4 in. long, white or white flushed pink..United States, from Missouri and Virginia to Florida. |