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North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers
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puttyroot
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
Wiktionary
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n. An American orchidaceous plant ((taxlink Aplectrum hyemale species noshow=1)) whose slender rootstock produces a solid corm filled with glutinous matter.
WordNet
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n. North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers [syn: adam-and-eve , Aplectrum hyemale ]