dodder

See also Dodder

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒdə(r)

Etymology 1

Middle English daderen (“to quake, tremble”)

Verb

dodder (third-person singular simple present dodders, present participle doddering, simple past and past participle doddered)

1. (intransitive) To shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter.

Derived terms

• dodderer
• doddering (adj)
• doddery

Translations

shake or tremble

• Bulgarian: треперя от слабост (bg) (treperja ot slabost)

• Russian: трястись (ru) (trjastisʹ)

Etymology 2

Noun

Wikipedia dodder (plural dodders)

1. Any of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has shown that it is correctly placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

Synonyms

• angel hair, devil's guts, devil's hair, devil's ringlet, goldthread, hailweed, hellbine, love vine, pull-down, strangleweed, witch's hair

Hyponyms

• dodder, Cuscuta epithymum
• European dodder, Cuscuta europaea
• goldern dodder, Cuscuta campestris
• greater dodder, Cuscuta europaea
• hellweed, Cuscuta epithymum
• large-seeded alfalfa dodder, Cuscuta campestris
• strangle-tare, Cuscuta epithymum

Translations

parasitic plant (of about 100-170 species) of the genus Cuscuta

• Bulgarian: кукувича прежда (bg) (kukuviča prežda) f
• German: Seide (de) f, Teufelszwirn (de) m
• Jèrriais: touothelle f

• Navajo: tsiighájíłchí
• Volapük: kuskut (vo)