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Webster 1828 Edition

Bladder-nut

BLAD'DER-NUT

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Noun.

[bladder and nut.] A genus of plants, with the generic name of Staphyloea. They have three capsules, inflated and joined by a longitudinal suture.

1.

The African bladder nut is the Royena.

2.

The laurel-leaved bladder-nut is a species of Ilex, holm or holly.