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Dodder

Dodder Meaning & Definition
Dodder Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dodder?

[n] a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria
[v] walk unsteadily, as of small children

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dodder: coggle | paddle | toddle | totter | waddle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dodder: age | cheat the undertaker | cower | decline | fade | fail | get along | get on | grow old | halt | limp | quiver | shake | shrivel | sink | teeter | totter | tremble | turn gray | turn white | wane | waste away | wither | wizen | wrinkle

See Also | Cuscuta | Cuscuta gronovii | genus Cuscuta | love vine | vine | walk

Dodder In Webster's Dictionary

\Dod"der\, n. [Cf. Dan. dodder, Sw. dodra, G. dotter.] (Bot.) 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. [Cf. AS. dyderian to deceive, delude, and E. didder, dudder.] To shake, tremble, or totter. ``The doddering mast.'' --Thomson.

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