NOUN | plant | 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 |
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Meaning | leafless parasitic vine with dense clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine around clover or flax. | |
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Synonym | love vine | |
Member of | Cuscuta, genus Cuscuta | genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll |
Broader | dodder | A leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems |
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