Definition of Doddir
Dod"der (?), n. [Cf. Dan.
dodder, Sw. dodra, G. dotter.] (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, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS.
dyderian to deceive, delude, and E. didder,
dudder.] To shake, tremble, or totter. "The
doddering mast." Thomson.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- to shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter
- any of several parasitic vines, of the genus Cuscuta, having small white flowers but no leaves
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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