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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adam-and-eve n : North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers [syn: {puttyroot}, {Aplectrum hyemale}]
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