dodder

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɒdə/
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• General-American: /ˈdɑdɚ/
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• rhymes with -ɒdə(ɹ)
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From Middle English doder (“flax dodder”), from Middle Dutch doder, from Old Dutch *doder, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dodr (viz. theories of origin). Cognate with Middle Low German doder, West Flemish dodder.

From Middle English daderen (“to quake, tremble”). Compare Norwegian dudra (“to tremble”).

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Irish: Dothra — River in Ireland
• Old Irish: Dothra — River in Ireland
• Afrikaans: dodder — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Akkadian: 𒃢 — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Albanian: helmëz — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Albanian: kuskutë — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Amharic: ዶደር (dodär) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Arabic: كُشُوث (kušūṯ) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Arabic: حَامُول (ḥāmūl) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Aramaic: ܟܫܽܘܬܳܐ (kəšūṯā) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כְּשׁוּתָא (kəšūṯā) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Armenian: գաղձ (gaġj) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Assamese: তেলাকুচা (telakusa) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Breton: neud-gad — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Breton: blev-diaoul — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Bulgarian: кукувича прежда (kukuviča prežda) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Catalan: cuscuta — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Catalan: cúscuta — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Catalan: cabells d'angel — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Chinese Mandarin: 菟 (tù) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Chinese Mandarin: 女蘿 /女萝 (nǚluó) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Chinese Mandarin: 菟絲 /菟丝 (tùsī) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Chinese Mandarin: 蓎蒙 (tángméng) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Coptic: ⲡⲁⲑⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (pathamoun) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Czech: kokotice — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Dutch: warkruid — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Esperanto: kuskuto — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Finnish: humalanvieras — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• French: cuscute — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Galician: barbas de raposo — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Galician: moudaña — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Galician: gorga — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Galician: sirgo da raposa — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Georgian: აბრეშუმა (abrešuma) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• German: Seide — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• German: Teufelszwirn — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Greek: κουσκούτα (kouskoúta) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Ancient Greek: κασύτας (kasútas) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Ancient Greek: καδύτας (kadútas) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Hebrew: כְּשׁוּת (kəšūṯ) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Hungarian: aranka — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Irish: clamhán — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Italian: cuscuta — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Japanese: 根無葛 (nenashikazura) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Korean: 새삼 (saesam) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Latin: cassytas — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Latin: cassythas — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Latin: cadytas — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Latin: cuscūta — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Latvian: vija — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Lithuanian: brantas — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Māori: māwhai — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Navajo: tsiighájíłchí — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Norman: touothelle — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Polish: kanianka — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Portuguese: cuscuta — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Russian: повили́ка (povilíka) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Slovak: kokotica — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Spanish: cuscuta — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Swedish: nässelsnärja — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Thai: ฝอยทอง (fɔ̌i-tɔɔng) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Copala Triqui: cuaa̱n — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Turkish: küsküt — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Ukrainian: повити́ця (povytýcja) — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Volapük: kuskut — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Welsh: llindro — parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
• Bulgarian: треперя от слабост (treperja ot slabost) — shake or tremble
• Czech: třást se — shake or tremble
• Czech: klepat se — shake or tremble
• Czech: chvět se — shake or tremble
• German: tattern — shake or tremble
• Hungarian: botorkál — shake or tremble
• Macedonian: тре́се (trése) — shake or tremble
• Māori: tārutu — shake or tremble
• Polish: trząść się — shake or tremble
• Russian: трясти́сь (trjastísʹ) — shake or tremble
• Tamil: தள்ளாடு (taḷḷāṭu) — shake or tremble
• Thai: โยกเยก (yôok-yêek) — shake or tremble
• Thai: สั่น (sàn) — shake or tremble