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• dodder — 1. v.intr. tremble or totter, esp. from age. Phrases and idioms: dodder grass quaking grass. Derivatives: dodderer n. Etymology: 17th c.: var. of obs. dial. dadder 2. n. any climbing parasitic plant of the genus Cuscuta, with slender leafless… …   Useful english dictionary

• dodder — dodder1 [däd′ər] vi. [ME daderen, akin to OE dyderian, to confuse, delude, MDu doten, DOTE < IE * dheudh , to whirl in confusion, shake (> Gr thysanos, fringe) < base * dheu ; see DULL] 1. to shake or tremble, as from old age 2. to be… …   English World dictionary

• Briza media — Taxobox regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Poales familia = Poaceae genus = Briza species = B. media binomial= Briza media binomial authority = L. Briza media is a perennial grass in the family Poaceae and is a… …   Wikipedia

• Dotter (3), der — 3. Der Dotter, des s, plur. inus. in einigen Gegenden, diejenige Pflanze, welche am häufigsten Flachsseide, Cuscuta, L. sonst aber auch Flachsdotter, Leindotter, Filzkraut genannt wird. S. Flachskraut. Da sie einen gelben Samen hat, welcher der… …   Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

• quake — v. & n. v.intr. 1 shake, tremble. 2 rock to and fro. 3 (of a person) shake or shudder (was quaking with fear). n. 1 colloq. an earthquake. 2 an act of quaking. Phrases and idioms: quaking grass any grass of the genus Briza, having slender stalks… …   Useful english dictionary

• List of Canadian plants by genus C — Below is a list of Canadian plants by genus. Due to the vastness of Canada s biodiversity, this page is divided.Many of the plants seen in Canada are introduced, either intentionally or accidentally. N indicated native and X indicated exotic.… …   Wikipedia

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• plant disease — ▪ plant pathology Introduction       an impairment of the normal state of a plant that interrupts or modifies its vital functions.       All species of plants, wild and cultivated alike, are subject to disease. Although each species is… …   Universalium

• On Nature's Trail — was a television show produced by the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting in Owings Mills, Maryland in 1978. The show featured Elmer and Jean Worthley observing and discussing plants growing at different locations in Baltimore County,… …   Wikipedia

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