dodder

(dŏd'ər)
intr.v., -dered, -der·ing, -ders.

1. To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter.
2. To progress in a feeble, unsteady manner.

[Alteration of Middle English daderen.]

dodderer dod'der·er n.

dod·der² (dŏd'ər)
n.
Any of various leafless, annual parasitic herbs of the genus Cuscuta that lack chlorophyll and have slender, twining, yellow or reddish stems and small whitish flowers.

[Middle English doder, possibly from Middle Dutch, yolk of an egg (from the yellow color of the blossom of one species of this plant).]

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• Mood and Intent - dodder: proceed feebly and unsteadily

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - bæve, dirre, trisse, stavre, mimre

2.
n. - silke, snerleart

Nederlands (Dutch)
beven, schuifelen, warkruid

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - tituber, (fig) tergiverser, atermoyer

2.
n. - (Bot) cuscute (parasite)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - wackelig gehen, zittern

2.
n. - (bot.) Teufelszwirn

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραπαίω, σέρνομαι, τρεκλίζω
n. - (φυτολ.) κουσκούτη, νεραϊδόνημα

Italiano (Italian)
barcollare, cuscuta

Português (Portuguese)
v. - cambalear
n. - cipó-chumbo (m) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
трястись, ковылять, старая развалина

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - temblequear, andar con paso inseguro

2.
n. - cúscuta

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - stappla, darra
n. - bot. snärja

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 摇摆, 蹒跚

2. 菟丝子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 搖擺, 蹣跚

2.
n. - 菟絲子

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 비틀거리다

2.
n. - (식물의 일종) 실새삼

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 震える, よろめく
n. - ネナシカズラ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتحرك بوهن بسبب تقدم السن أو المرض (الاسم) نوع من النبات المتطفل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נחלש, השתרך, רעד‬
n. - ‮כשות (צמח מטפס)‬

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