dodder
IPA: dˈɑdɝ
noun
- 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 Cuscutaceae, it is now placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.
- A river in Ireland, a tributary of the Liffey.
verb
- (intransitive) To shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter.
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Examples of "dodder" in Sentences
- The dog dodders outside.
- The man dodders on the street.
- Who is the man doddering outside
- The district straddles the River Dodder.
- The drunken man doddered along the road.
- Sterilization also kills the contaminant dodder seed.
- Dodder seeds sprout at or near the surface of the soil.
- It is named after the River Dodder, which flows through it.
- After a dodder attaches itself to a plant, it wraps itself around it.
- Bridges over the River Dodder from the River Liffey to the southwest.
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