| NOUN | plant | Cuscuta, genus Cuscuta | genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll |
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| Meaning | genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder. | |
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| Synonym | genus Cuscuta | |
| Member of | Convolvulaceae, family Convolvulaceae, morning-glory family | morning glory |
| Members | dodder | A leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems |
| love vine, Cuscuta gronovii | leafless parasitic vine with dense clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine around clover or flax | |
| Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
| Spanish | cuscuta, genus cuscuta | |
| Catalan | cuscuta, Cuscuta, genus cuscuta | |
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