Meanings
nounbladder senna (uncountable)
- uncountableColutea arborescens, a leguminous shrub.
The bladder-sena, (Colutea), and bladder-nut (Staphylæa) have their seed-vessels distended with air […].
1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 34
Synonyms & antonyms
nounyellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food
Similar
Colutea arborescens
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