Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun adam's_apple

2 senses of adam's apple

Sense 1
crape jasmine, crepe jasmine, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower, East Indian rosebay, Adam's apple, Nero's crown, coffee rose, Tabernaemontana divaricate -- (tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand)
       => shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Sense 2
thyroid cartilage, Adam's apple -- (the largest cartilage of the larynx)
       => cartilage, gristle -- (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)