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1. (n.) puttyroot
an American orchid, Aplectrum hyemale, having loose clusters of yellowish brown flowers and a sticky substance in its rootstock.
Etymology: (1810–20, Amer.)
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1. (noun) puttyroot, adam-and-eve, Aplectrum hyemale
North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers
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1. (noun) puttyroot
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
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