• (n.) An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) which flowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces each year a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous matter, which sends up later a single large oval evergreen plaited leaf. Called also Adam-and-Eve. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/puttyroot/
Put'ty·root` noun (Botany) An American orchidaceous plant ( Aplectrum hyemale ) which flowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces each year a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous matter, which sends up later a single large oval evergreen plaited leaf. Called also Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/201
an American orchid, Aplectrum hyemale, having a slender naked rootstock that produces a leafless stalk with a loose cluster of yellowish-brown flowers. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/puttyroot