English Wikipedia has an article on: <span class="searchmatch">Aplectrum</span> Wikipedia <span class="searchmatch">Aplectrum</span> A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – puttyroot....
puttyroot (usually uncountable, plural puttyroots) An American orchid (<span class="searchmatch">Aplectrum</span> hyemale) whose slender rootstock produces a solid corm filled with glutinous...
(figurative) A starting point; a set of ancestors or progenitors. The puttyroot (<span class="searchmatch">Aplectrum</span> hyemale). Adam and Eve (third-person singular simple present Adam and...
Goodyera spp.) lady's slipper (subfamily Cypripedioideae) orchis puttyroot (<span class="searchmatch">Aplectrum</span> hyemale) rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera spp.) resupinate salep swamp pink...