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   Adam , n.
   The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
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   (As a symbol) “Original sin;” human frailty.
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   And whipped the offending Adam out of him.
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   Adam's ale, water. [Coll.] -- Adam's apple. 
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   (Bot.) (a) A species of banana (Musa paradisiaca). It attains a height of twenty feet or more. Paxton. (b) A species of lime (Citris limetta).
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   The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent. -- Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein (Verbascum thapsus). -- Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca) of liliaceous plants.
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