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Webster 1913 Edition


Puttyroot

Put′ty-rootˊ

,
Noun.
(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
.

Definition 2024


puttyroot

puttyroot

English

Noun

puttyroot (usually uncountable, plural puttyroots)

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

Synonyms

  • Adam-and-Eve