Dodder

n. [Dan. dodder, Sw. dodra, Ger. dotter.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a parasitical vine, which fixes itself to some other plant, as to hops, flax, and particularly to the nettle, and decaying at the root, is nourished by the plant that supports it. London.

v. t. or i. [See DIDDER.] To shake or tremble. “The doddering mast.” Thomson.