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dodder
1[ dod-er ]
verb (used without object)
- to shake; tremble; totter.
dodder
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.
dodder
1/ 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
dodder
2/ ˈdɒdə /
verb
- to move unsteadily; totter
- to shake or tremble, as from age
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Derived Forms
- ˈdodderer, noun
- ˈdoddery, adjective
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Other Words From
- dodder·er noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dodder1
Origin of dodder2
1225–75; Middle English doder; cognate with Dutch, Danish dodder, Middle Low German dod ( d ) er, Middle High German toter, German Dotter
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dodder1
C13: of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch, Middle Low German dodder, Middle High German toter
Origin of dodder2
C17: variant of earlier dadder; related to Norwegian dudra to tremble
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Example Sentences
The cupbears found no drink for him in the Dodder (a river), and the Dodder had flowed through the house.
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Found creeping like a small dodder-plant over other polyzoans, hydroids, and seaweeds.
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Some called it Dodora, after the princess, and this was changed at last to 'dodder' by those who did not know.
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Ivy ne'er clasp'd A dodder'd oak, as round the other's limbs The hideous monster intertwin'd his own.
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Glenasmole, a fine valley about seven miles south of Dublin, through which the river Dodder flows.
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