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DODDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dodder" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dodder"):
Cuscuta gronovii; love vine (leafless parasitic vine with dense clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine around clover or flax)
Holonyms ("dodder" is a member of...):
Cuscuta; genus Cuscuta (genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they dodder ... he / she / it dodders
Past simple: doddered
Past participle: doddered
-ing form: doddering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Walk unsteadily
Example:
small children toddle
Synonyms:
coggle; dodder; paddle; toddle; totter; waddle
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "dodder" is one way to...):
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The children dodder to the playground
Derivation:
dodderer (one who dodders from old age and weakness)
