PUTTYROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does puttyroot mean? 

• PUTTYROOT (noun)
  The noun PUTTYROOT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PUTTYROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUTTYROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

adam-and-eve; Aplectrum hyemale; puttyroot

Hypernyms ("puttyroot" is a kind of...):

orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)

Holonyms ("puttyroot" is a member of...):

Aplectrum; genus Aplectrum (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae)