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BLADDERPOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bladderpod mean? 

BLADDERPOD (noun)
  The noun BLADDERPOD has 4 senses:

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

2. annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some placed in genus Lesquerellaplay

3. any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated podsplay

4. any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated podsplay

  Familiarity information: BLADDERPOD used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLADDERPOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bladderpod; Indian tobacco; Lobelia inflata

Hypernyms ("bladderpod" is a kind of...):

lobelia (any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia)


Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bladderpod" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("bladderpod" is a member of...):

genus Vesicaria; Vesicaria (small genus of chiefly Mediterranean herbs: bladderpods)


Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bladderpod" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("bladderpod" is a member of...):

genus Physaria; Physaria (small genus of western North American herbs similar to Lesquerella: bladderpods)


Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bladderpod" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("bladderpod" is a member of...):

genus Lesquerella; Lesquerella (genus of low-growing hairy herbs: bladderpods)


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