About The Word Puttyroot
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Puttyroot
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What's The Definition Of Puttyroot?
[n] North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers
Synonyms | Synonyms for Puttyroot: adam-and-eve | Aplectrum hyemale Related Terms | Find terms related to Puttyroot: See Also | Aplectrum | genus Aplectrum | orchid | orchidaceous plant Puttyroot In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
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