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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DODDER, n. [G.] A plant of the genus Cuscuta, one species of which is called hell-weed. It is almost destitute of leaves, parasitical, creeping and fixing itself to some other plant, as to hops, flax and particularly to the nettle. It decays at the root, and is nourished by the plant that supports it, by means of little vesicles or papillae, which attach themselves to the stalk.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria v
1: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English doder; akin to Middle High German toter dodder, egg yolk Date: 13th century any of a genus (Cuscuta) of wiry twining vines of the morning-glory family that are highly deficient in chlorophyll, are parasitic on other plants, and have tiny scales instead of leaves II. intransitive verb (doddered; doddering) Etymology: Middle English dadiren Date: 14th century 1. to tremble or shake from weakness or age 2. to progress feebly and unsteadily <was doddering down the walk> • dodderer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v.intr. tremble or totter, esp. from age. Phrases and idioms: dodder-grass quaking-grass. Derivatives: dodderer n. Etymology: 17th c.: var. of obs. dial. dadder 2. n. any climbing parasitic plant of the genus Cuscuta, with slender leafless threadlike stems. Etymology: ME f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dodder 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dodder Dod"der, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. dyderian to deceive, delude, and E. didder, dudder.] To shake, tremble, or totter. ``The doddering mast.'' --Thomson.

Moby Thesaurus

age, cheat the undertaker, cower, decline, fade, fail, get along, get on, grow old, halt, limp, quiver, shake, shrivel, sink, teeter, totter, tremble, turn gray, turn white, wane, waste away, wither, wizen, wrinkle