The common name of the genus Cuscuta, family Convolvulaceæ, comprising slender leafless plants, like masses of twining threads, parasitic on…
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释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > parasitic plants > [noun] > dodder (11) doddera1300 The common name of the genus Cuscuta, family Convolvulaceæ, comprising slender leafless plants, like masses of twining threads, parasitic on… hellweedc1510 Any of various plants considered to be noxious weeds; esp. dodder (Cuscuta species), which is parasitic on other plants, and corn buttercup (Ranunculu… choke-fitch1562 an old name for Dodder, Orobanche. epithyme1585 The Cuscuta Epithymum or Dodder, a parasitic plant growing on thyme, etc. podagry1657 Any of various choking or climbing weeds, esp. dodder (genus Cuscuta); the condition of a plant affected with such a weed. devil's guts1670 The parasitic plant dodder (genus Cuscuta), which has thin leafless stems which wind around other plants. Now rare. love bush1814 any of various parasitic twining plants of the genus Cuscuta (family Convolvulaceae); cf. dodder, n. 1. love vine1833 any of various plants of the genus Cuscuta (family Convolvulaceae); = dodder, n. 1. flax-dodder1852 Cuscuta Epilinum. red tangle1857 Applied to plants having long, winding, and often tangled stalks, as the species of Myriophyllum (Water Milfoil) and Potamogeton (Pondweed); and… fairies' hair1868 a white-flowered dodder, Cuscuta epithymum, parasitic on a wide variety of host plants, originally of Europe and now widespread. |
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