bladderpod

[blad-er-pod]

noun

1. any of several plants belonging to the genera Alyssoides and Lesquerella, of the mustard family, having inflated seed pods.

2. poison bean.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bladderpod¹

1855–60; bladder + pod ¹, so called from its full shape

Example Sentences

“I haven’t seen other blooms, but this time of year, I keep my eye out for bladderpod, fringed amaranth, and ocotillo blooms,” she wrote in an email.

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They say it’s threatened by a gypsum mining project proposed for the area that could damage the thick-leaf bladderpod’s habitat by disturbing the fragile soil.

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There also is potential at the site to restore another endangered plant called the Kentucky bladderpod, and to restore rare species of mussels, Weese said.

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The University of Texas researchers named the endangered wildflower Zapata bladderpod and the threatened whiskerbush cactus as particularly at risk, and the National Wildlife Federation named the Quino checkerspot butterfly, among others.

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Notice signs for native plants like bladderpod, matchweed, buckwheat and Our Lord’s Candle.

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