The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Puttyroot \Put"ty*root`\, n. (Bot.)
   An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) which
   flowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces
   each year a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous
   matter, which sends up later a single large oval evergreen
   plaited leaf. Called also Adam-and-Eve.
   [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

adam-and-eve \adam-and-eve\ n.
   1. North American orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) bearing a
      single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers.

   Syn: puttyroot.
        [WordNet 1.5]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

adam-and-eve
    n 1: North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-
         brown flowers [syn: puttyroot, adam-and-eve, Aplectrum
         hyemale]