dodder
dod·der1 / ˈdädər/ • v. [intr.] tremble or totter, typically because of old age: spent and nerve-weary, I doddered into the foyer of a third-rate hotel | [as adj.] (doddering) that doddering old fool.DERIVATIVES: dod·der·er n.dod·der·y adj.dod·der2 • n. a widely distributed parasitic climbing plant (genus Cuscuta) of the morning glory family, with leafless threadlike stems that are attached to the host plant by means of suckers.
dodder
dodder Leafless, parasitic, twining plant with a thread-like stem and clusters of small yellow flowers. It feeds using haustoria, modified roots that enter the host plant. Family Convolvulaceae; species Cuscuta europaea.
dodder
dodder 2 (dial.) tremble, shake XVII; totter, potter XIX. var. of or parallel form to †dadder (XV).
Hence doddery xx.
Hence doddery xx.
dodder
dodder 1 parasitic genus of plants, Cuscuta. XIII. corr. to MLG. dod(d)er, MHG. toter (G. dotter), of unkn. orig.
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