Adam and Eve

noun

ˌa-də-mən(d)-ˈēv 

variants or Adam-and-Eve or less commonly adam and eve or adam-and-eve

plural Adam and Eves or Adam-and-Eves also adam and eves or adam-and-eves

: a North American orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) having a corm filled with glutinous matter and producing a solitary leaf and a scape bearing a raceme of brownish flowers : puttyroot

Examples of Adam and Eve in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Envy drove Cain, the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, to kill Abel—the Bible’s first murder. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above