dodder
(noun) a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria
toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle
(verb) walk unsteadily; “small children toddle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dodder (third-person singular simple present dodders, present participle doddering, simple past and past participle doddered)
(intransitive) To shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter.
dodder (plural dodders)
Any of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has shown that it is correctly placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.
• angel hair, devil's guts, devil's hair, devil's ringlet, goldthread, hailweed, hellbine, love vine, pull-down, strangleweed, witch's hair
• rodded
Dodder
A river in Ireland, a tributary of the Liffey.
• rodded
Source: Wiktionary
Dod"der, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. dodder, Sw. dodra, G. dotter.] (Bot.)
Definition: 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, v. t. & i. Etym: [Cf. AS. dyderian to deceive, delude, and E. didder, dudder.]
Definition: To shake, tremble, or totter. "The doddering mast." Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 December 2024
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
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