Dodder

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É’dÉ™(r)

Middle English daderen ("to quake, tremble")

Full definition of dodder

Verb

1. (intransitive) To shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter."Their neighbours have been, on one side, an old man who dodders around in his dressing gown talking to himself, and on the other a stand-offish couple who pretend not to understand the Spanish he speaks."--J.M. Coetzee. The Childhood of Jesus. Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. 2013. pp. 59-60.

Derived terms

• dodderer
• doddering (adj)
• doddery

Noun

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 , recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has shown that it is correctly placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

Synonyms

• angel hair, , , , , , , , pull-down, ,

Hyponyms

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