any of a genus (Cuscuta) of parasitic plants of the morning-glory family, lacking leaves, roots, and chlorophyll, but having special suckers for drawing nourishment from the host
See dodder in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(dŏdˈər)
intransitive verbdod·dered, dod·der·ing, dod·ders
To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter.
To progress in a feeble, unsteady manner.
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dodˈder·er noun
(dŏdˈər)
noun
Any of various leafless, annual parasitic herbs of the genus Cuscuta that lack chlorophyll and have slender, twining, yellow or reddish stems and small whitish flowers.