doddered

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dod·dered

D0317400 (dŏd′ərd)adj.1. Botany Lacking the top branches as a result of age or decay.2. Infirm; feeble.
[Probably alteration of dodded, past participle of dialectal dod, to lop off, from Middle English dodden, perhaps from dodde, a measure of grain.]

dod•dered

(ˈdɒd ərd)

adj. 1. infirm; feeble. 2. (of a tree) having lost most of its branches owing to decay or age. [1690–1700]