Thesaurus: dodder

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1. n. 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.
2. v. t. & i. To shake, tremble, or totter.
3. n. a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria
4. v. walk unsteadily, with short steps
5. 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. To shake, tremble, or totter. "The doddering mast." Thomson.
6. A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vinewith yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some otherplant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root. isnourished by the plant that supports it.
7. v:100 n. a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria