Adam-and-Eve

Adam-and-Eve
Puttyroot Put"ty*root`, n. (Bot.) 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}. [1913 Webster]

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  • Adam and Eve, Life of — ▪ Jewish literature       pseudepigraphal work (a noncanonical writing that in style and content resembles authentic biblical works), one of many Jewish and Christian stories that embellish the account of Adam and Eve as given in the biblical… …   Universalium

  • Adam and Eve (1949 film) — Infobox Film name = Adam and Eve image size = caption = director = Mario Mattoli producer = Dino De Laurentiis writer = Marcello Marchesi Vittorio Metz narrator = starring = Erminio Macario music = cinematography = Aldo Tonti editing = Giuliana… …   Wikipedia

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