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bladderlike — adjective resembling a bladder • Syn: ↑bladdery • Pertains to noun: ↑bladder, ↑bladder (for: ↑bladdery) • Derivationally related forms: ↑bladder … Useful english dictionary
bladderlike — adjective see bladder … New Collegiate Dictionary
bladderlike — adjective Resembling a bladder or some aspect of one … Wiktionary
Vesicle — Ves i*cle, n. [L. vesicula, dim. of vesica a bladder, blister; akin to Skr. vasti bladder: cf. F. v[ e]sicule.] A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) (Bot.) A small bladderlike body in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Portuguese man-of-war — any of several large, oceanic hydrozoans of the genus Physalia, having a large, bladderlike structure with a saillike crest by which they are buoyed up and from which dangle tentacles with stinging cells. [1700 10] * * * Any of various floating,… … Universalium
apple of Peru — noun 1. coarse South American herb grown for its blue and white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry • Syn: ↑shoo fly, ↑Nicandra physaloides • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Nicandra … Useful english dictionary
bladdery — adjective resembling a bladder • Syn: ↑bladderlike • Pertains to noun: ↑bladder (for: ↑bladderlike), ↑bladder • Derivationally related forms: ↑bladder … Useful english dictionary
husk tomato — noun 1. any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers • Syn: ↑ground cherry • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant •… … Useful english dictionary
Apple — Ap ple ([a^]p p l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel, [ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [ a]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Apple blight — Apple Ap ple ([a^]p p l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel, [ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [ a]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
