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ADAM-AND-EVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adam-and-eve mean? 

ADAM-AND-EVE (noun)
  The noun ADAM-AND-EVE has 1 sense:

1. North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowersplay

  Familiarity information: ADAM-AND-EVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADAM-AND-EVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

adam-and-eve; Aplectrum hyemale; puttyroot

Hypernyms ("adam-and-eve" is a kind of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("adam-and-eve" is a member of...):

Aplectrum; genus Aplectrum (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae)


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