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CUSCUTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cuscuta mean?
• CUSCUTA (noun)
The noun CUSCUTA has 1 sense:
1. genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder
Familiarity information: CUSCUTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cuscuta; genus Cuscuta
Hypernyms ("Cuscuta" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Cuscuta"):
dodder (a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria)
Cuscuta gronovii; love vine (leafless parasitic vine with dense clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine around clover or flax)
Holonyms ("Cuscuta" is a member of...):
Convolvulaceae; family Convolvulaceae; morning-glory family (morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit)
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