Dodder
['dɒdə]
Definition
(noun.) a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria.
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Definition
(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.
(v. t. & i.) To shake, tremble, or totter.
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Definition
n. a leafless twining pale-coloured parasitic plant.—p.adj. Dodd′ered overgrown with dodder.
v.t. or v.i. to shake tremble.—p.adj. Dodd′ering trembling: pottering.
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Examples
- The old grey managers, the old grey clerks, the doddering old pensioners, he looked at them, and removed them as so much lumber. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The turf was verdant, the gravelled walks were white; sun-bright nasturtiums clustered beautiful about the roots of the doddered orchard giants. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He found a charm in the spectral aspect of the doddered oak. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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