dodder Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria
  2. verb walk unsteadily
    totter; waddle; paddle; coggle; toddle.
    • small children toddle

WordNet

Dod"der noun
Etymology
Cf. Dan. dodder, Sw. dodra, G. dotter.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root. is nourished by the plant that supports it.
Dod"der transitive verb & intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. AS. dyderian to deceive, delude, and E. didder, dudder.
Definitions
  1. To shake, tremble, or totter. "The doddering mast." Thomson.

Webster 1913