Word Study
dodder
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dodder has 1 sense
- dodder(n = noun.plant) Array - a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria; Array is a member of cuscuta, genus cuscuta
has particulars: cuscuta gronovii, love vine
is a kind of vine
Verb dodder has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dodder, v.intr. tremble or totter, esp. from age.
Idiom
dodder-grass quaking-grass.
Derivative
dodderer n.
dodder, n. any climbing parasitic plant of the genus Cuscuta, with slender leafless threadlike stems.
Etymology
ME f. Gmc
THESAURUS
dodder
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
For further exploring for "dodder" in Webster Dictionary Online