Bladderpod

2 definitions found

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

  bladderpod \blad"der*pod\ n.
     1. a North American wild lobelia ({Lobelia inflata}) having
        small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as
        an antispasmodic.
  
     Syn: Indian tobacco.


          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. any of a number of annual or perennial herbs with inflated
        seed pods; some are placed in the genus {Lesquerella}.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. any of several plants of the genus {Physaria} having
        racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow
        racemose flowers and inflated pods.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bladderpod
       n 1: North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and
            inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic
            [syn: {Indian tobacco}, {Lobelia inflata}]
       2: annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some
          placed in genus Lesquerella
       3: any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose
          yellow flowers and inflated pods
       4: any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow
          racemose flowers and inflated pods