PUTTYROOT

puttyroot, adam-and-eve, Aplectrum hyemale

(noun) North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

puttyroot (usually uncountable, plural puttyroots)

An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) whose slender rootstock produces a solid corm filled with glutinous matter.

Synonyms

• Adam-and-Eve

Source: Wiktionary

Put"ty*root`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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