lesquerella

lesquerella
/les'keuh rel"euh, lay'keuh-/, n.
any of various plants of the genus Lesquerella, of the mustard family, having rosettes of simple, hairy leaves, small yellow flowers, and inflated pods, and yielding a seed oil similar to castor oil. Also called bladderpod.
[ < NL, named after Leo Lesquereux (d. 1889), Swiss-born U.S. paleobotanist; see -ELLA]

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