Etymology
Origin of bladdery
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Pemphigus is a contagious disease attended with bladdery eruptions appearing on the second or third day, as large as filberts, which, remain many days, and then effuse a thin ichor.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
Fruit rounded, bladdery, 3-celled, few-seeded pods; ripe in autumn.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by A. C. (Austin Craig) Apgar
There is a bladdery old nasality ranging about the country upon free passes, vexing the public ear with "hallowed songs," and making of himself a spectacle to the eye.
From The Fiend's Delight by Ambrose Bierce
Aldrovanda, of the warmer parts of Europe and of India, is an aquatic plant, with bladdery leaves, which were supposed to be useful in rendering the herbage buoyant in water.
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Asa Gray
Each ovary and nut included in a bladdery and closed bag.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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