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Cuscuta

noun

genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder

• Syn: ↑genus Cuscuta

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Convolvulaceae, ↑family Convolvulaceae, ↑morning-glory family

• Member Meronyms: ↑dodder, ↑love vine, ↑Cuscuta gronovii

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\(ˌ)kəˈsk(y)üd.ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin, dodder, from Arabic kushūth, kashūta, kashūtha

: a large and widely distributed genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs (family Convolvulaceae) comprising the dodders and having whitish or yellow filamentous stems

Useful english dictionary. 2012.