atamasco lily
[ at-uh-mas-koh, at- ]
/ ˈæt əˈmæs koʊ, 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.
Origin of atamasco lily
1620–30,
Americanism; earlier
attamusco < Virginia Algonquian