dodder – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
dodder
v.
tremble weakly, shake
Cuscuta
Cuscuta (
dodder) is a genus of about 100–170 species of yellow, orange, or red (rarely green)
parasitic plants. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it now is accepted as belonging in the
morning glory family,
Convolvulaceae, on the basis of the work of the
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The genus is found throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world, with the greatest species diversity in subtropical and tropical regions; the genus becomes rare in cool temperate climates, with only four species native to northern
Europe.
dodder
Noun
1. a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria
(hypernym) vine
(hyponym) love vine, Cuscuta gronovii
(member-holonym) Cuscuta, genus Cuscuta
Verb
1. walk unsteadily; "small children toddle"
(synonym) toddle, coggle, totter, paddle, waddle
(hypernym) walk
(derivation) dodderer
Dodder
(v. t. & i.)
To shake, tremble, or totter.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
dodder
Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
