Plantain cutter, or Plantain eater (Zo["o]l.), any one of several large African birds of the genus Musophaga, or family Musophagid[ae], especially Musophaga violacea. See Turaco. They are allied to the cuckoos.

Plantain squirrel (Zo["o]l.), a Java squirrel (Sciurus plantani) which feeds upon plantains.

Plantain tree (Bot.), the treelike herb Musa paradisiaca. See def. 1 (above).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Plantain \Plan"tain\, n. [Cf. F. plantain-arbre, plantanier, Sp. pl['a]ntano, pl['a]tano; prob. same word as plane tree.]

1. (Bot.) A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Adam \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.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)