| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand.[Wordnet]
2. The largest cartilage of the larynx.[Wordnet]. | |
| Expression | 1. An alternative spelling for "under Adam": The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.[Websters]
2. 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.[Websters]. | |
Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | Top | |
Common Expressions: Adam's apple
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Adam's apple | 1: See under Adam. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: 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. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | |||
| 3: The largest cartilage of the larynx. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| 4: Tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Adam's apple | The human larynx rests in a frame of cartilage bound by ligaments and muscles. At the front is the thyroid cartilage, creating the lump at the front of the neck, known as the laryngeal prominence, more commonly known as the Adam's apple. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: Adam's apple
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Adam's Apple | Literature | The protuberance in the fore-part of a man's throat; so called from the superstition that a piece of the forbidden fruit which Adam ate stuck in his throat, and occasioned the swelling. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: Adam's apple | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Adam's Apple (song) | 9 | Adam's Apple (album) | 5 | |
| Adam's Apple (album) | 5 | Adam's apple (alternative meanings) | 2 | |
| Adam's apple (alternative meanings) | 2 | Adam's Apple (song) | 9 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
