bladder senna

noun

1

: any of several leguminous shrubs of the genus Colutea

especially : a yellow-flowered European shrub (C. arborescens) cultivated for its flowers and bladdery pod and as a source of wildlife food

2

: a southern African shrub (Sutherlandia frutescens) with a much-inflated pod

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