dodder
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Noun (1)
- a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoriaType of vineKinds love vine, Cuscuta gronoviiMember of Cuscuta, genus Cuscuta
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Dod′der noun
Origin: Cf. Dan. dodder, Sw. dodra, G. dotter.
Botany A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root, is nourished by the plant that supports it.
Dod′der transitive & intransitive verb
Origin: Cf. AS. dyderian to deceive, delude, and E. didder, dudder.
To shake, tremble, or totter. “The doddering mast.” James Thomson
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54