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ADAMBOE

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in botany, a synonyme of the ipomoea campanulata, an Indian plant, belonging to the pentandria monogynia class. See Ipomoea.

ADAMI pomum, or Adam's apple, in botany, an obsolete name of a species of the citrus or orange. See Citrus.

ADAMI pomum, in anatomy, the convex part of the first cartilage of the larynx. See Anatomy, Part VI.

ADAMIC earth, a name given to common red clay, alluding to that species of earth of which the first man is supposed to have been made.