3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Puttyroot \Put"ty*root`\, n. (Bot.) An American orchidaceous plant ({Aplectrum hyemale}) which flowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces each year a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous matter, which sends up later a single large oval evergreen plaited leaf. Called also {Adam-and-Eve}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: adam-and-eve \adam-and-eve\ n. 1. North American orchid ({Aplectrum hyemale}) bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers. Syn: puttyroot. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: adam-and-eve n : North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers [syn: {puttyroot}, {Aplectrum hyemale}]
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