Aplectrum hyemale

Aplectrum hyemale
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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  • Aplectrum hyemale — Zeichnung von Aplectrum hyemale in Britton und Brown: An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions Systematik …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Aplectrum hyemale — adam and eve adam and eve n. 1. North American orchid ({Aplectrum hyemale}) bearing a single leaf and yellowish brown flowers. Syn: puttyroot. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Aplectrum hyemale — ID 4767 Symbol Key APHY Common Name Adam and Eve Family Orchidaceae Category Monocot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, AZ, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS,… …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Aplectrum hyemale — noun North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish brown flowers • Syn: ↑puttyroot, ↑adam and eve • Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Aplectrum, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr. — Symbol APHY Common Name Adam and Eve Botanical Family Orchidaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr. — Symbol APHY Common Name Adam and Eve Botanical Family Orchidaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Aplectrum — hyemale Zeichnung von Aplectrum hyemale in Britton und Brown: An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Aplectrum — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Aplectrum Aplectrum hyemale …   Wikipedia Español

  • Aplectrum — Aplectrum …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Aplectrum — Taxobox name = Putty Root image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Asparagales familia = Orchidaceae subfamilia = Higher Epidendroideae tribus = Maxillarieae subtribus = Corallorhizinae genus =… …   Wikipedia

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