adam

adam is a Noun

Definition:

[1] The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.

[2] "Original sin;" human frailty. And whipped the offending Adam out of him. Shak. Adam`s ale, water. [Coll.] -- Adam`s apple.

[3] 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.