Adam
Adam ({not transcribed}) , noun
1.
The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
2.
(As a symbol) “Original sin;” human frailty.
And whipped the offending Adam out of him.
Collocations (4)
Adam's ale , water. [Coll.]
Adam's apple (Botany) , (a) A species of banana (Musa paradisiaca). It attains a height of twenty feet or more. — Paxton (b) A species of lime (Citris limetta). 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 (Botany) , the mullein (Verbascum thapsus).
Adam's needle (Botany) , the popular name of a genus (Yucca) of liliaceous plants.