puttyroot

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Definition of puttyroot in English English dictionary

Called also Adam-and-Eve

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

An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) which flowers in early summer

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

Hyphenation

put·ty·root