Definition of Atamasco

1. a flowering plant [n -COS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atamasco

atactic abasia
atactic agraphia
atactically
atactilia
atactostele
atactosteles
atactostelic
atagabalin
ataghan
ataghans
atalaya
atalayas
ataluren
ataman
atamans
atamasco (current term)
atamascos
atamestane
atap
ataps
atar
ataractic
ataractic agent
ataractic drug
ataractics
ataraxia
ataraxias
ataraxic
ataraxics
ataraxies

Literary usage of Atamasco

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"All of these will probably survive the winter out-of-doors in the middle states if given a fair degree of protection. Andersonii, 13. atamasco, 1. áurea, 10 ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"atamasco LILY. Fig. 2789, 2790. Most popular and largest of the ... Closely allied to Z. atamasco and best distinguished by the Ivs. as indicated in the ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"About 30 species, natives of America. Besides the following, 5 others occur in the southern United States. Type species: Amaryllis atamasco L. i. ..."

4. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Amaryllis, atamasco, Habranthus, in part. Lily-like bulbous plants with ... Southeastern US atamasco Lily, Daffodil Lily, Piaster Lily*, Fairy Lily, ..."

5. Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1895)
"Heliotrope blooms from early summer onward. atamasco Lily. ... In my garden I notice they seem to bloom hurriedly or not at all. atamasco Lily. ..."

6. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1822)
"They may be left nearly dry in winter, especially atamasco which flowers ... atamasco will thrive in the stove, or greenhouse, or even in the open border. ..."

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