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Ad⋅am-and-Eve

[ad-uhm-uhn-eev, -uhnd-]
–noun
the puttyroot.

Origin:
1780–90
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Ad·am-and-Eve   (ād'əm-ənd-ēv')
n.  See puttyroot.
put·ty·root   (pŭt'ē-rōōt', -rŏŏt')   
n.  A North American orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers clustered in a raceme. Also called Adam-and-Eve.

[From the use of the sticky substance in its corm as a cement.]
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