Noun: Adam's apple
- The largest cartilage of the larynx
"The thyroid cartilage forms the Adam's apple in males";
- thyroid cartilage
- Tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
"The Adam's apple's sweet fragrance filled the evening air";
- crape jasmine, crepe jasmine, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower, East Indian rosebay, Nero's crown, coffee rose, Tabernaemontana divaricate
Derived forms: Adam's apples
Type of: bush, cartilage, gristle, shrub
Part of: genus Tabernaemontana, larynx, Tabernaemontana, voice box
Encyclopedia: Adam's apple