GENUS CUSCUTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cuscuta mean? 

• GENUS CUSCUTA (noun)
  The noun GENUS CUSCUTA has 1 sense:

1. genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder

  Familiarity information: GENUS CUSCUTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CUSCUTA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cuscuta; genus Cuscuta

Hypernyms ("genus Cuscuta" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cuscuta"):

dodder (a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria)

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)

Holonyms ("genus Cuscuta" is a member of...):

Convolvulaceae; family Convolvulaceae; morning-glory family (morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit)