单词 | atamasco lily |
释义 | atamasco lily in American English (ˌætəˈmæskoʊ) US any of a genus (Zephyranthes) of bulbous plants of the lily family, with hollow stems, grassy leaves, and funnel-shaped flowers of yellow, pink, red, or purple-tinged white Word origin Virginia Algonquian attamuscoatamasco lily in American English (ˈætəˈmæskou, 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 Also called: fairy lily Word origin [1620–30, Amer.; earlier attamusco ‹ Virginia Algonquian]This word is first recorded in the period 1620–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clinic, geometric, hotbed, phosphorus, veto |
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