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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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) 

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)

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