Ad·am n.
 1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
 2. As a symbol “Original sin;” human frailty.
    And whipped the offending Adam out of him.   --Shak.
 Adam's ale, water. [Coll.]
 Adam's apple.
 1. 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). 2. 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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 Flan·nel n.
 1. A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture.
 Adam's flannel. Bot. See under Adam.
 Canton flannel, Cotton flannel. See Cotton flannel, under Cotton.

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