bladdery

/'blædəri/

Thân thiện

The child holds a bladdery balloon that floats in the air.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Resembling a bladder in form, structure, or texture: Describes something that is thin-walled, inflated, or pouch-like, similar to a biological bladder or an air-filled sac.
   • Having or containing bladders: Describes something that is characterized by the presence of small, bladder-like structures or vesicles.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The plant's stem had a bladdery appearance, looking swollen and hollow.
  • After the storm, we found bladdery seaweed washed up on the shore.
  • The fungus formed a bladdery membrane around the infected area.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific/Botanical Context: Often used in biology, botany, or medicine to describe anatomical structures, plant parts (like certain algae or seed pods), or pathological conditions that are inflated or sac-like.
  • The diagnosis noted a bladdery cyst on the organ's surface.
• Descriptive Literary Use: Can be used descriptively to evoke an image of something swollen, light, and fragile.
  • The artist captured the bladdery, translucent quality of the jellyfish.

Variants and Related Words

• Bladder (n): A sac in the body or a similar inflatable bag.
• Bladdered (adj, informal/slang): A separate, colloquial term meaning very drunk, not directly related to the form or structure described by "bladdery."
• Bladderwort (n): A type of aquatic plant that has small bladdery traps.

Synonyms

• Vesicular: Composed of or containing vesicles.
• Saccate: Shaped like a sac or pouch.
• Inflated: Distended with air or gas.
• Cystic: Relating to or having the nature of a cyst (a closed sac).

Antonyms

• Solid: Firm and stable in shape.
• Dense: Closely compacted in substance.
• Deflated: Having lost air or substance; collapsed.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. resembling a bladder

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bladderlike