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Definition of Bladdernut
1. Noun. any of several species of large shrubs or small trees, of the genus ''Staphylea'', in the family ''Staphyleaceae'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bladdernut
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bladdernut
Literary usage of Bladdernut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Autumn Days in Iowa by Frederick John Lazell (1911)
"When they are taken captive they pine and die, like the best of the forest birds;
but the bladdernut is more sociable. We usually think of the woods as cold ..."
2. Botany for Young People and Common Schools: How Plants Grow, a Simple by Asa Gray (1880)
"Ripe pod bursting, shrubs and trees belong- ing to three of its subfamilies : ' I.
bladdernut ... (Staphylea) bladdernut. II. ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"bladdernut Family. Trees and shrubs, comprised in 5 genera and about 25 species,
widely distributed. They have the leaves pinnate or in threes, with regular ..."
4. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"... poplar, willow, oak, ash, locust, hickory, catalpa, and sycamore, and to
several shrubs, including dogwood, buttonbush, Viburnum, and bladdernut ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"IN the driftwood stranded here and there along streams may often be found dry,
three-celled fruits of the bladdernut an inch and a half in diameter, ..."
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