adam-and-eve

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

   SynonymsputtyrootAplectrum hyemale

   Broaderorchid

   Part ofAplectrum

Questions about adam-and-eve

What does adam-and-eve mean?

adam-and-eve means "North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers".

How many syllables are in adam-and-eve?

adam-and-eve has 4 syllables: a-da-m-an-d-eve. The stress falls on "da".

What is another word for adam-and-eve?

Close synonyms include puttyroot, Aplectrum hyemale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adam-and-eve a common word?

adam-and-eve is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.