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Definition of Bladderpod

1. Noun. North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic.

2. Noun. Annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some placed in genus Lesquerella.

3. Noun. Any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods.

4. Noun. Any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bladderpod

bladder rhabdomyosarcoma bladder schistosomiasis bladder senna bladder sphincter bladder stone bladder worm bladdered bladderful bladderfuls bladderless

bladderlike bladdernose bladdernut bladdernut family bladdernuts bladderpod (current term) bladders bladdersful bladderworm bladderwort

bladderwort family bladderworts bladderwrack bladderwracks bladdery bladding blade apple blade bit blade bone

Literary usage of Bladderpod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Ethnologic Dictionary of the Navaho Language by Franciscans, St. Michaels, Ariz (1910)
"... (slender medicine), bladderpod, Vesicaria alpina, or Phlox Douglasii, (Polemoniaceae). ... (hair like the gods), bladderpod, Vesicaria Fendleri. ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1907)
"UTERIA PANICULATA. Varnish tree. From Ming Tombs. "(No. 85a.) Seed from the bladderpod tree, varying in looks from the usual type. ..."

3. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"... but may readily be distinguished by its more globular flowers, its petals, silky-haired within, and of a much lighter canary yellow. bladderpod. ..."

4. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"One additional species, San Bernardino bladderpod (Lesquerella kingii sap. bernardina), is threatened primarily by ski area development on public land and ..."

5. An Ethnologic Dictionary of the Navaho Language by Franciscans, St. Michaels, Ariz (1910)
"... (slender medicine), bladderpod, Vesicaria alpina, or Phlox Douglasii, (Polemoniaceae). ... (hair like the gods), bladderpod, Vesicaria Fendleri. ..."

6. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1907)
"UTERIA PANICULATA. Varnish tree. From Ming Tombs. "(No. 85a.) Seed from the bladderpod tree, varying in looks from the usual type. ..."

7. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"... but may readily be distinguished by its more globular flowers, its petals, silky-haired within, and of a much lighter canary yellow. bladderpod. ..."

8. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"One additional species, San Bernardino bladderpod (Lesquerella kingii sap. bernardina), is threatened primarily by ski area development on public land and ..."

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