Adam's apple (redirected from Adam's Apples)

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