an American orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) with clusters of yellowish-brown flowers, one leaf at the base of the stem, and a sticky substance in its bulbs
puttyroot
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puttyroot
noun
A North American orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers in a loose raceme. Also called Adam-and-Eve .
Origin of puttyroot
From the use of the sticky substance in its corm as a cementTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(usually uncountable, plural puttyroots)
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