Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - dodder
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English doder; akin to Middle High German toter ~, 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 (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English dadiren Date: 14th century 1. to tremble or shake from weakness or age 2. to progress feebly and unsteadily was ~ing down the walk • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. дрожать, трястись (особ. от старости и т. п.) 2. разг. (также dodder along) плестись; ковылять 3. мямлить; плести чепуху 4. плохо соображать 5. бот. повилика (Cuscuta gen.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 16c., from M.E. daderen, apparently frequentive of dialectal dade, on a form similar to totter, patter. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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