1. Any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods
   "The bladderpod's distinctive pods rustled in the breeze"
    
2. Any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods
   "The bladderpod's unique seed pods fascinated the botanist"
    
3. Annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some placed in genus Lesquerella
   "The bladderpod's unusual seed pods caught the attention of passing hikers"
    
4. North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic
   "bladderpod was once used medicinally by Native Americans";
   - Indian tobacco, Lobelia inflata

Derived forms: bladderpods

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, lobelia

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

Encyclopedia: Bladderpod