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Staphylea
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 Staphyle from wikipedia

- The uvula (pl.: uvulas or uvulae), also known as the palatine uvula or staphyle, is a conic projection from the back edge of the middle of the soft palate...
- combines the prefix "staphylo-" (from Ancient Gr****: σταφυλή, romanized: staphylē, lit. 'bunch of grapes'), and suffixed by the New Latin: coccus, lit. 'spherical...
- wounds. The generic name Staphylococcus is derived from the Gr**** word "staphyle", meaning bunch of grapes, and "kokkos", meaning granule. The bacteria...
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi comes from the Gr**** words arctos (meaning bear) and staphyle (meaning "bunch of grapes") in reference to the fruits which form grape-like...
- in his Indian campaign. She was killed by the Indian general Morrheus. Staphyle – one of the followers of Dionysus in the Indian War. Killed by Morrheus...
- gourd'; κυπάρισσος, kypárissos, 'cypress'; μίνθη, mínthē, 'mint' σταφυλή, staphylḗ, 'grape'; σῦκον/τῦκον, sŷkon/tŷkon, 'fig'. Social practices and institutions:...
- Gr**** stobos "scolding, bad languagebk stephein "to tie around, encircle," staphyle "grapevine, grape bunch," and Middle Irish sab "shaft." Such a name suggests...
- E1650919-40D4-A416-E02E-0CE513A1C40F POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77126628-1 Tropicos: 42000252 VASCAN: 224 Watson & Dallwitz: staphyle WFO: wfo-7000000582...