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lesquerella

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les⋅que⋅rel⋅la

  [les-kuh-rel-uh, ley-kuh-]
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–noun
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.

Origin:
< NL, named after Leo Lesquereux (d. 1889), Swiss-born U.S. paleobotanist; see -ella
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