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Definition of Bladder pod

Bladder pod
Bladder Blad"der, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl?dre, bl?ddre; akin to Icel. bla?ra, SW. bl["a]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See Blow to puff.] 1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air. 2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. 3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. 4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. ``To swim with bladders of philosophy.' --Rochester. Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants (Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods. Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with inflated seed pods. Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with membranaceous, inflated pods. Bladder worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm (T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See Measle, Cysticercus. Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast (Fucus nodosus and F. vesiculosus) -- called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.

Meaning of Bladder pod from wikipedia

- Bladderpod is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Alyssoides utriculata, a species of flowering plant in the family Br****icaceae Cleome...
- Sesbania vesicaria, commonly known as the bagpod or bladder pod, is a plant in the family Fabaceae native to North America. This species is a facultative...
- Physaria intermedia is a rare species of bladder pod in the cabbage family, Br****icaceae. 1500–2100 m; endemic to northeast-northcentral New Mexico. Physaria...
- flowering plant in the mustard family Br****icaceae, with the common names of bladder pod, silver bladderpod, louisiana bladderpod, and foothill bladderpod. It...
- distinguished histologically. The liver is large and separate from the gall bladder. The kidneys are long and flattened. The salt concentration in cetacean...
- attractive inflated seed pods which change from pale green to red or copper in colour. Colutea arborescens, known as bladder senna—John Gerard cautioned...
- also a synonym for "womb" cysto- : related to the bladder, from the Gr**** κύστις, cústis, "bladder, pouch" encephal- : related to the brain, from the...
- arborescens is a species of leguminous shrub known by the common name bladder-senna. It is native to Europe and North Africa, but it is known on other...
- Zealand. Its common names include bladderflower, white bladderflower, bladder vine, cruel vine, cruel plant, moth plant, moth vine, common moth vine...
- 1833. ‘A Practical Treatise on the Anti-Asthmatic Properties of the Bladder-podded Lobelia … to which is added an Account of the Chirayito Herb,’ London;...