Adam's apple

Ad·am's apple

 (ăd′əmz)

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 rummāna, pomegranate, Adam's apple) : pomme, apple + de, of + Adam, Adam.]

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Adam's apple

n

(Anatomy) the visible projection of the thyroid cartilage of the larynx at the front of the neck

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Ad′am's ap`ple

n.

a projection of the thyroid cartilage at the front of the neck.

[1745–55]

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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

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Translations

Adam's apple

n → pomo d'Adamo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

Ad·am's ap·ple

n. nuez de Adán.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

Adam’s apple

n manzana or nuez f de Adán

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