<span class="searchmatch">puttyroots</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">puttyroot</span>...
1822 in the writings of the botanist Amos Eaton. <span class="searchmatch">puttyroot</span> (usually uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">puttyroots</span>) An American orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) whose slender...
English Wikipedia has an article on: Aplectrum Wikipedia Aplectrum A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – <span class="searchmatch">puttyroot</span>....
putty-root (usually uncountable, plural putty-roots) Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">puttyroot</span>....
See also: Adam and Eve Adam-and-Eve (uncountable) Alternative form of Adam and Eve (“a plant, the <span class="searchmatch">puttyroot</span>”)....
(figurative) A starting point; a set of ancestors or progenitors. The <span class="searchmatch">puttyroot</span> (Aplectrum hyemale). Adam and Eve (third-person singular simple present...
and Goodyera spp.) lady's slipper (subfamily Cypripedioideae) orchis <span class="searchmatch">puttyroot</span> (Aplectrum hyemale) rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera spp.) resupinate salep...