Adam's apple

Ad·am's apple  (dmz)

n.

The slight projection at the front of the throat formed by the largest cartilage of the larynx, usually more prominent in men than in women.

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[Ultimately translation of French pomme d'Adam, pomegranate, Adam's apple (sense influenced by Arabic rummna, pomegranate, Adam's apple) : pomme, apple + de, of + Adam, Adam.]

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Adam's apple

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the visible projection of the thyroid cartilage of the larynx at the front of the neck

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Adam's apple - tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand coffee rose, crape jasmine, crepe gardenia, crepe jasmine, East Indian rosebay, Nero's crown, pinwheel flower, Tabernaemontana divaricate genus Tabernaemontana, Tabernaemontana - evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	Adam's apple - the largest cartilage of the larynx thyroid cartilage cartilage, gristle - tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults 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

Translations

Adam's apple n → pomo d'Adamo