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

Word History

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above