Dodder

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dodder \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.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dodder \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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dodder
       n : a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having
           whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment
           through haustoria
       v : walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: {toddle}, {coggle},
            {totter}, {paddle}, {waddle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "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