dodder
pronunciation
How to pronounce dodder in British English:
UK ['dɒdə]
How to pronounce dodder in American English:
US [ˈdɑdɚ]
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- Noun:
- a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria
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- Verb:
- walk unsteadily
Word Origin
- dodder (v.)
- 1610s, perhaps from Middle English daderen "to quake, tremble" (late 15c.), apparently frequentative of dialectal dade, on a form similar to totter, patter. Related: Doddered; doddering.
Example
- 1. Dodder chinese traditional medicine useful to girl breast enhancement ?
- 2. A few bays after her operation , she could only dodder along .
- 3. Tanabe city , wakayama prefecture v dodder field 4 at landslides , six homes were washed away , five were missing .
- 4. The dodder weed may look stringy and small , but don 't let that trick you .
- 5. The researchers isolated a chemical in wheat that repels dodder .