adam's apple

1. 1.

   tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand

   Synonymscrape jasminecrepe jasminecrepe gardeniapinwheel flowerEast Indian rosebayNero's crowncoffee roseTabernaemontana divaricate

   Broadershrub

   Part ofTabernaemontana
2. 2.

   the largest cartilage of the larynx

   Synonymsthyroid cartilage

   Broadercartilage

   Part oflarynx

Questions about adam's apple

What does adam's apple mean?

adam's apple means "tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for adam's apple?

Close synonyms include crape jasmine, crepe jasmine, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower, East Indian rosebay. 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's apple a common word?

adam's apple is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.