cassytha

\\kəˈsīthə, -thə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, modification of Late Greek kasytas dodder, of Semitic origin; akin to Syriac kisōtho, Aramaic kĕsātha

: a genus of widely distributed tropical climbing parasites (family Lauraceae) which form masses of leafless threadlike stems on branches of trees and shrubs — see dodder laurel