ADAM'S APPLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Adam's apple mean?
• ADAM'S APPLE (noun)
The noun ADAM'S APPLE has 2 senses:
1. tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
2. the largest cartilage of the larynx
Familiarity information: ADAM'S APPLE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ADAM'S APPLE (noun)
Meaning:
Tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
pinwheel flower; Nero's crown; East Indian rosebay; crepe jasmine; crepe gardenia; crape jasmine; coffee rose; Adam's apple; Tabernaemontana divaricate
Hypernyms ("Adam's apple" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)
Holonyms ("Adam's apple" is a member of...):
genus Tabernaemontana; Tabernaemontana (evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap)
Meaning:
The largest cartilage of the larynx
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
thyroid cartilage; Adam's apple
Hypernyms ("Adam's apple" is a kind of...):
cartilage; gristle (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)
Holonyms ("Adam's apple" is a part of...):
larynx; voice box (a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech)
