Adam's apple : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Adam's apple	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Adam's apple
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Adam's apple n tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand Synonym(s): crape jasmine, crepe jasmine, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower, East Indian rosebay, Adam's apple, Nero's crown, coffee rose, Tabernaemontana divaricate the largest cartilage of the larynx Synonym(s): thyroid cartilage, Adam's apple
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adam \Ad"am\, n. 1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race. 2. (As a symbol) [bd]Original sin;[b8] human frailty. And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adam's apple \Ad"am's ap"ple\ See under {Adam}.