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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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