What is "colutea"

Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW. bl["a]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See Blow to puff.]

1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air.

2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid.

3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.

4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. ``To swim with bladders of philosophy.''
   --Rochester.

   Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants ( Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.

   Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ( Vesicaria) with inflated seed pods.

   Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ( Colutea), with membranaceous, inflated pods.

   Bladder worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm ( T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.

   Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast ( Fucus nodosus and Fucus vesiculosus) -- called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.

Colutea \Colutea\ n. small genus of Eurasian shrubs with yellow flowers and bladdery pods.

Syn: genus Colutea.

Colutea is a genus of about 25 species of deciduous flowering shrubs in the legume family Fabaceae, growing from 2–5 m tall, native to southern Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia. The leaves are pinnate and light green to glaucous grey-green. The flowers are yellow to orange, pea-shaped and produced in racemes throughout the summer. These are followed by the attractive inflated seed pods which change from pale green to red or copper in colour.

Colutea arborescens, known as Bladder Senna— John Gerard cautioned, however, that they are not true senna, "though we have followed others in giving it to name Bastard Sena , which name is very unproper to it"— is indigenous to the Mediterranean; it has yellow flowers. It has a height and spread of up to 5 m. Other species include Colutea orientalis, with grey leaves and coppery flowers.