bladderpod

bladderpod
/blad"euhr pod'/, n.
1. any of several plants belonging to the genera Alyssoides and Lesquerella, of the mustard family, having inflated seed pods.
2. See poison bean (def. 1).
[1855-60; BLADDER + POD1, so called from its full shape]

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