Puttyroot

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers
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