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Adam's apple
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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.
[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.]
Adam's apple
Noun
the projecting lump of thyroid cartilage at the front of a person's neck
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Noun1.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 appleAdam'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 [ˈædəmz-] n → pomme f d'Adam
Adam's apple [ˈædəmz-] n → Adamsapfel m
Adam's apple [ˈædəmz-] n → pomo di Adamo


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