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BLADDERPOD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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 3

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 4

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bladderpod; Indian tobacco; Lobelia inflata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

lobelia (any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia)

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