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Definition of Bladdery
1. Adjective. Resembling a bladder.
Definition of Bladdery
1. a. Having bladders; also, resembling a bladder.
Definition of Bladdery
1. Adjective. Having bladders. ¹
2. Adjective. Resembling a bladder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bladdery
1. bladder [adj] - See also: bladder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bladdery
Literary usage of Bladdery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Falconer by John Aikin (1843)
"... or cataract, in Alpine dell ; Nor in dim cave with bladdery sea-weed strew'd,
Framing wild fancies to the ocean's swell ; Our sea-bard sang this song ..."
2. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District by Asa Gray (1868)
"... a hedgehog, and «!or»t, a bladder, from the prickly covering of the at length
bladdery fruit.) 1. ..."
3. The British Flower Garden, (series the Second): Containing Coloured Figures by Robert Sweet (1838)
"... is not without attractions, and it forms a pleasing variety amongst other
hardy annuals. The generic name alludes to the bladdery fruit, and is derived ..."
4. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"thin-bladdery, one or two inches long, glabrous; its stipe slightly exceeding the
... two thirds of an inch long : bladdery pod clavate-obovate, oblique, ..."
5. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1879)
"Styles 3, «lender, separate or lightly cohering: ovary strongly 3-lobed, in fruit
becoming a bladdery 3-lobed 3-celled and several-seeded large |)od. ..."