Defn: An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) which flowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces each year a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous matter, which sends up later a single large oval evergreen plaited leaf. Called also Adam-and-Eve.
PUT-UP
Put"-up, a.
Defn: Arranged; plotted; — in a bad sense; as, a put-up job.
[Colloq.]
PUY
Pu"y, n.
Defn: See Poy.
PUZZEL
Puz"zel, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pucelle a virgin.]
Defn: A harlot; a drab; a hussy. [Obs.] Shak.
PUZZLE
Puz"zle, n. Etym: [For opposal, in the sense of problem. See Oppose,
Pose, v.]
1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.
2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.