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    GENUS CUSCUTA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodderplay

    Synonyms:

    Cuscuta; genus Cuscuta

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Cuscuta" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Cuscuta"):

    dodder (a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria)

    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 ("genus Cuscuta" is a member of...):

    Convolvulaceae; family Convolvulaceae; morning-glory family (morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit)

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