PUTTYROOT


Meaning of PUTTYROOT in English

(n.) 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.

Webster's English dictionary.      Английский словарь Webster.