Definitions for dodder

dodder dod·der

Spelling: [dod-er]
IPA: /ˈdɒd ər/

Dodder is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in dodder (dddeor).

Definitions for dodder

noun

  1. a leafless parasitic plant, Cuscuta gronovii, having dense clusters of small, white, bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine about clover or flax.

verb (used without object)

  1. to shake; tremble; totter.

Origin of dodder

1610-20; cf. dither, totter, teeter, etc.

Examples for dodder

The cupbears found no drink for him in the dodder (a river), and the dodder had flowed through the house.

How the dodder acquired this curious mode of life it is not difficult to see.

And all we did was to go ahead and dodder along and beat Claflin seven to nothing!

I would be a village "character" of the sort that is justly said to "dodder."

So we should get at length a leafless plant, with numerous flowers and seeds, just like the dodder.

When you come to doddering, Jacob, it's better to dodder in the paths you know.

Species of dodder are difficult to distinguish one from the other.

You hate to see her run—you want to see her dodder about like an old man.

The minute you dodder about a man or a woman, there's sure to be something' to dodder about.

It is, in fact, a parasitic dead-nettle, a trifle less degenerate as yet than the dodder.

Word Value for dodder
Scrable

9

Words with friends

9

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