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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Aplectrum hyemale
n : North American orchid bearing a single leaf and
yellowish-brown flowers [syn: puttyroot, adam-and-eve]