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Webster 1913 Edition

Dodder

Dod′der

,
Noun.
[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.

Dod′der

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[Cf. AS.
dyderian
to deceive, delude, and E.
didder
,
dudder
.]
To shake, tremble, or totter.
“The doddering mast.”
Thomson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dodder

DODDER

,
Noun.
[G.] A plant of the genus Cuscuta, one species of which is called hell-weed. It is almost destitute of leaves, parasitical, creeping and fixing itself to some other plant, as to hops, flax and particularly to the nettle. It decays at the root, and is nourished by the plant that supports it, by means of little vesicles or papillae, which attach themselves to the stalk.

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