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doddered

(däd′ərd)

adjective

having lost its branches or top because of age, decay, etc.: said of a tree

Origin: prob. < ME dodden, to cut off; ? infl. by dodder

See doddered in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Botany Lacking the top branches as a result of age or decay.
Infirm; feeble.

Origin:

Origin: Probably alteration of dodded

Origin: , past participle of dialectal dod, to lop off

Origin: , from Middle English dodden

Origin: , perhaps from dodde, a measure of grain

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