What is "adam's apple"

Adam \Ad"am\, n.

1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.

2. (As a symbol) ``Original sin;'' human frailty. And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak. Adam's ale, water. [Coll.] Adam's apple.

   1. (Bot.)

      1. A species of banana ( Musa paradisiaca). It attains a height of twenty feet or more.
         --Paxton.

      2. A species of lime ( Citris limetta).

   2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent.

      Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein ( Verbascum thapsus).

      Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus ( Yucca) of liliaceous plants.

Adam's apple \Ad"am's ap"ple\ See under Adam.

1731, corresponding to Latin pomum Adami, perhaps an inexact translation of Hebrew tappuah haadam, literally "man's swelling," from ha-adam "the man" + tappuah "anything swollen." The reference is to the legend that a piece of the forbidden fruit (commonly believed to be an apple) that Eve gave Adam stuck in his throat. The term is mentioned in early 15c. as the name of an actual oriental and Mediterranean fruit, a variety of lime with an indentation fancied to resemble the marks of Adam's teeth.

n. 1 (context anatomy English) The lump in the throat, usually more noticeable in men than in women; the laryngeal prominence. 2 (taxlink Tabernaemontana divaricata species noshow=1), a fragrant houseplant native to southeast Asia. 3 A species of banana, (taxlink Musa × paradisiaca nothospecies noshow=1). 4 The citron, ''Citrus limetta'', now (taxlink Citrus medica species noshow=1).

The laryngeal prominence (commonly referred to as Adam's apple), a feature of the human neck, is the lump or protrusion that is formed by the angle of the thyroid cartilage surrounding the larynx.

An adam's apple, or laryngeal prominence, is a protrusion in the front of the throat.

Adam's apple may also refer to:

• Adam's Apple (film), a 1928 British comedy film
• Adam's Apples, a 2005 Danish film
• Adam's Apple (album), a 1966 album by Wayne Shorter
• Adam's Apple (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse
• Adam's Apple (song), a 1975 song by Aerosmith
• Adams Apples, a Ghanaian film series, directed by Shirley Frimpong Manso
• Adam's apple, a variety of Lumia (citrus)

Adam's Apple is the tenth album by post-bop jazz artist Wayne Shorter. Released in 1967, it included the first recording of his composition "Footprints", later recorded by the Miles Davis Quintet on the album Miles Smiles. The CD release includes the bonus track "The Collector", written by Herbie Hancock.

Adam's Apple (foaled 1924 in Great Britain) was a thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning a British Classic, the 2000 Guineas Stakes. Sired by Pommern, the 1915 English Triple Crown champion, he was out of the mare, Mount Whistle. His damsire, William the Third, was a good runner who numbered among his wins the 1902 Ascot Gold Cup.

At age two, Adam's Apple won the Soltykoff Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse. He ran third in the 1926 Criterion Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse and third again in the New Stakes at Ascot Racecourse behind Sickle and the winner, Damon. He made four starts as a three-year-old, finishing off the board in three; however, he was ridden to victory by jockey Jack Leach in the 1927 2000 Guineas Stakes, defeating runner-up Call Boy (later the Epsom Derby winner), with Sickle third.

After his retirement from racing, Adam's Apple was sold to Argentine breeders. There he met with some success, siring the filly Chimentera, winner of the Las Oaks at Santiago Chile's Club Hipico de Santiago, and the very good filly La Bastille, likewise a winner of the Oaks but who also defeated her male counterparts in winning the El Derby at the Valparaiso Sporting Club racetrack at Vina del Mar, Chile.

Adam's Apple is a 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Monty Banks, Lena Halliday and Judy Kelly. An American on his honeymoon in Paris, organises the kidnapping of his interfering mother-in-law. It was made by British International Pictures at their Elstree Studios.