Dodder

(noun.) a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria.

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• The old grey managers, the old grey clerks, the doddering old pensioners, he looked at them, and removed them as so much lumber. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The turf was verdant, the gravelled walks were white; sun-bright nasturtiums clustered beautiful about the roots of the doddered orchard giants. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He found a charm in the spectral aspect of the doddered oak. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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