bladderpod — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Any of various flowering plants, including Cleome isomeris (= Isomeris arborea), Peritoma arborea, Lobelia inflata, and species of Physaria (= Lesquerella) and Paysonia.

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   c. 1977-1989, Donald W. (Hank) Nicol, Notes from the Naturalist, page 50, The bladderpod (Isomeris arborea) is a pretty bush. It has loads of bright yellow flowers and the punching bag seed pods that give it its name. But, to be honest, it stinks!

   As early as February, the ground between creosote bushes begins to turn yellow as masses of bladderpod^([Lesquerella gordoni]) start to bloom.

   Bladderpod^([Isomeris arborea]) is fast growing, and the yellow flowers and blue-green foliage are attractive in mass plantings.

Noun

1. North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic

   Synonyms

   Indian tobaccoLobelia inflata

   Broader terms

   lobelia

2. annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some placed in genus Lesquerella

   Broader terms

   herbherbaceous plant

3. any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods

   Broader terms

   herbherbaceous plant

4. any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods

   Broader terms

   herbherbaceous plant