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love vine

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love vine

–noun
dodder 2 .

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism

dod⋅der

2[dod-er]
–noun
a leafless parasitic plant, Cuscuta gronovii, having dense clusters of small, white, bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine about clover or flax.
Also called love vine.


Origin:
1225–75; ME doder; c. D, Dan dodder, MLG dod(d)er, MHG toter, G Dotter
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