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dodder
dodder: see morning glory.
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dodder

Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii)

Any of the leafless, twining, parasitic vines (see parasitism) that make up the genus Cuscuta (family Cuscutaceae), containing more than 150 species found throughout temperate and tropical regions. The stringlike stems may be yellow, orange, pink, or brown. Many species have been introduced with their host plants into new areas. Dodders contain no chlorophyll, instead absorbing water and food through rootlike organs called haustoria that penetrate the tissue of a host plant and may kill it. Dodder can do great damage to crops of clover, alfalfa, flax, hops, and beans. The best control is to remove the plant from fields by hand and to prevent its accidental introduction.

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Devious Dodder Vine Sniffs Out Its Victims
Sep 28, 2006; MICHELE NORRIS All Things Considered (NPR) 09-28-2006 Devious Dodder Vine Sniffs Out Its Victims Host: MICHELE NORRIS Time...
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Stalking plants by scent.(dodders)
Oct 04, 2006; Dodder is a wiry, orange vine that steals water and nutrients from other plants. Scientists have now found that this vine chooses...
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Greg Dodder
Aug 30, 2007; Greg Dodder, a native of Redlands, died of cancer Aug. 26 at his home in Yucaipa. He was 68. He was born Feb. 24, 1939, in...
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Devil-guts plant smells victims.(dodder vine)(Brief article)
Dec 15, 2006; UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Many plants smell, but the dodder vine smells. It sniffs the air for odors that waft from other plants....
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This weed makes dandelion look friendly; Dodder survives by living off another plant
Jul 27, 2003; If you think dandelions are bad weeds, just imagine a weed that doesn't even look like a plant, and whose tangle of pale yellow...
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