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To move slowly and weakly
- to move slowly and weakly, as if you might fall, especially because of being very old: dodder around There's an old family servant who dodders around.
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a type of yellow or orange plant that lives and feeds on other plants: The spindly orange vine known as dodder is a parasitic plant. Dodders are examples of ectoparasites, living outside the host, but attached to it by feeding organs. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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DODDER meaning: 1. to move slowly and weakly, as if you...
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dodder definicja: 1. to move slowly and weakly, as if you...
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The meaning of DODDER is any of a genus (Cuscuta) of wiry twining vines of the morning-glory family that are highly deficient in chlorophyll, are parasitic on other plants, and have tiny scales instead of leaves. How to use dodder in a sentence.
dodder in British English. (ˈdɒdə ) noun. any rootless parasitic plant of the convolvulaceous genus Cuscuta, lacking chlorophyll and having slender twining stems with suckers for drawing nourishment from the host plant, scalelike leaves, and whitish flowers. Collins English Dictionary.
Define dodder. dodder synonyms, dodder pronunciation, dodder translation, English dictionary definition of dodder. intr.v. dod·dered , dod·der·ing , dod·ders 1. To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter. 2. To move in a feeble, unsteady manner. dod′der·er n. n.
Dodder, genus of about 145 species of leafless, twining, parasitic plants in the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae). They are widely distributed throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world, and several are considered invasive species in areas outside their native range.
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It is an ectoparasite and is categorized as holoparasitic plant, or a plant that is non-photosynthetic and is completely dependent on a host. Dodder ranges in severity based on its species and the species of the host, the time of attack, and whether any viruses are also present in the host plant.
When you dodder, you walk in a shaky or trembling way. You're most likely to see older people dodder, moving slowing and unsteadily. People usually dodder because of illness, disability, or the fragility of very old age.
