HyperDic: genus_cuscuta

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cuscuta:
NOUNplantgenus Cuscuta, Cuscutagenus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll
English > genus Cuscuta: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder.
SynonymCuscuta
Member ofConvolvulaceae, family Convolvulaceae, morning-glory familymorning glory
MembersdodderA leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems
love vine, Cuscuta gronoviileafless parasitic vine with dense clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine around clover or flax
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishcuscuta, genus cuscuta
Catalancuscuta, Cuscuta, genus cuscuta

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