The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adam \Ad"am\, n.
The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
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(As a symbol) ``Original sin;'' human frailty. And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak. Adam's ale, water. [Coll.] Adam's apple.
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(Bot.)
A species of banana ( Musa paradisiaca). It attains a height of twenty feet or more.
--Paxton.A species of lime ( Citris limetta).
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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.
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