cuscuta
English Thesaurus
1. genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus, |
| definition | : | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | dodder, |
| definition | : | a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | cuscuta gronovii, love vine, |
| definition | : | leafless parasitic vine with dense clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine around clover or flax (noun.plant) |
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