ADAM'S APPLE, a name given to a species of Citrus. See BOTANY Index.

ADAM'S BRIDGE, or Rama's Bridge, in Geography, a ridge of sands and rocks, extending across the north end of Manara gulf, from the island of that name on the north-west coast of Ceylon, to Ramencote or Ramankoil island, off Raman point.

ADAM'S NEEDLE. See YUCCA, BOTANY Index.

ADAM'S PEAK, a high mountain of the East Indies, in the island of Ceylon, on the top of which it is believed the first man was created. It is in the form of a sugar loaf, and terminates in a circular plain about 200 paces in diameter. The summit is covered with trees, and has a deep lake which supplies the principal rivers of the island. The mountain is seen at the distance of twenty leagues from sea. It is situated in N. Lat. 5. 55. E. Long. 80. 39. See ADAM.