The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aplectrum hyemale
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.
Aplectrum hyemale
adam-and-eve \adam-and-eve\ n. 1. North American orchid ( Aplectrum hyemale) bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers.
Syn: puttyroot.