- Adam's apple
- Adam Ad"am, n.
1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the
progenitor of the human race.
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2. (As a symbol) ``Original sin;'' human frailty. [1913 Webster]
And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
{Adam's ale}, water. [Coll.]
{Adam's apple}.
1. (Bot.) (a) A species of banana ({Musa paradisiaca}). It attains a height of twenty feet or more. --Paxton. (b) A species of lime ({Citris limetta}).
2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent.
{Adam's flannel} (Bot.), the mullein ({Verbascum thapsus}).
{Adam's needle} (Bot.), the popular name of a genus ({Yucca}) of liliaceous plants. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.