dodder : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dodder	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for dodder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dodder n a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria v walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dodder \Dod"der\, n. [Cf. Dan. dodder, Sw. dodra, G. dotter.] (Bot.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dodder \Dod"der\, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. dyderian to deceive, delude, and E. didder, dudder.] To shake, tremble, or totter. [bd]The doddering mast.[b8] --Thomson.