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Noun: bladderpod  'bla-du(r),pód
  1. North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic
    - 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

Derived forms: bladderpods

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, lobelia

Part of: genus Lesquerella, genus Physaria, genus Vesicaria, Lesquerella, Physaria, Vesicaria

Encyclopedia: Bladderpod