See also:

• DODDER (Frisian dodd, a bunch; Dutch dot, ravelled thread)

DODDER (Frisian See also:

• DODD, WILLIAM (1729-1977)

dodd, a bunch; Dutch dot, ravelled See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread)  , the popular name of the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual, leafless, See also:

• TWINING, THOMAS (1735-1804)

twining, parasitic See also:

• PLANTS

plants forming the genus Cuscuta, formerly regarded as representing a distinct natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Cuscutaceae, but now generally ranked as a tribe of the natural order See also:

• CONVOLVULACEAE

Convolvulaceae . The genus contains nearly See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo See also:

• SPECIES

species and is widely distributed in the temperate and warmer parts of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth . The slender See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread-like See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem is See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, yellow, or red in See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, bears no leaves, and attaches itself by suckers to the stem or leaves of some other plant See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round which it twines and from which it derives its nourishment . It bears clusters of small See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers with a four- or five-toothed calyx, a See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup-shaped corolla with four or five stamens inserted on its See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube, and sometimes a See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring of scales below the stamens; the two-celled ovary becomes when ripe a See also:

• CAPSULE (from the Lat. capsula, a small box)

capsule splitting by a ring just above the See also:

• BASE

base . The seeds are angular and contain a thread-like spirally coiled embryo which bears no cotyledons . On coming in contact with the living stem of some other plant the seedling See also:

• DODDER (Frisian dodd, a bunch; Dutch dot, ravelled thread)

dodder throws out a sucker, by which it attaches itself and begins to absorb the See also:

• SAP

sap of its See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• FOSTER, SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864)

foster-See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent; it then soon ceases to have any connexion with the ground . As it grows, it throws out fresh suckers, establishing itself firmly on the See also:

• HOST

host-plant, (fig . 2) . After making a few turns round one stem the dodder finds its way to another, and thus it continues twining and branching till it resembles " See also:

• FINE

fine, closely-tangled, wet See also:

• CAT
• CAT, CIVET
• CAT, HOUSE

cat-gut." The injury done to See also:

• FLAX

flax, See also:

• CLOVER

clover, See also:

• HOP (Ger. Hopfen, Fr. houblon)

hop and See also:

• BEAN (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Bohne)

bean crops by species of dodder is often very See also:

• GREAT

great .. C. europaea, the greater dodder (fig . 1) is found parasitic on nettles, thistles, vetches and the hop; C . Epilinum, on flax; C .

Epithymum, on See also:

• FURZE, GORSE

furze, lingand See also:

• THYME

thyme . C . Trifolii, the Clover Dodder, is perhaps a sub-species of the last mentioned .