Colutea

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colutea \Colutea\ n.
     small genus of Eurasian shrubs with yellow flowers and
     bladdery pods.
  
     Syn: genus {Colutea}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre,
     AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW.
     bl[aum]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.]
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     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.
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     2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
        a thin, watery fluid.
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     3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
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     4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with
        bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.
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     {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} (Zool.), 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 {Fucus vesiculosus}) --
        called also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Colutea
       n : small genus of Eurasian shrubs with yellow flowers and
           bladdery pods [syn: {genus Colutea}]