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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 put·ty·root /ˈpʌtiˌrut, ˌrʊt/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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