noun
- the inflated seed pods or seeds of plants in the genus Staphylea, which make a rattling sound when shaken
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The children collected bladdernuts from the tree to use as natural rattles.
- Bladdernuts get their name from the papery, inflated pods that contain the seeds.
- The American bladdernut produces distinctive bladdernuts in late summer.
- She shook the dried bladdernuts, enjoying the rattling sound they made.
- Bladdernuts are often used in dried flower arrangements for their interesting texture.