Cuscuta

cuscuta Translingual right|thumb|160px|Cuscuta epithymum species (lesser dodder) Etymology From mul la-med cuscūte, la cuscūthe, la cuscūta, la cuscūtha, from mul ar كُشُوث, from mul arc כְּשׁוּתָא / syc ܟܫܽܘܬܳܐ kəšūṯā, probably from arc כַּשָׁא / syc ܟܰܫܳܐ kašā to pile up because of the jumbled fashion in which this parasitic plant climbs trees, else from mul akk 𒃢 SILA₄ kasû, a plant with many small seeds used for spice, fumigation and medicine, just like Cuscuta species. mul Cassytha. Proper noun 1 f genus family Convolvulaceae dodders subgenus family Convolvulaceae Cuscuta subg. Cuscuta subgenus Hypernyms genus ; Cuscuteae tribe tribe Hyponyms genus Cuscuta subg. Cuscuta subgenus, Cuscuta subg. Grammica subgenus, Cuscuta subg. Monogynella subgenus subgenera Cuscuta europaea species (greater dodder) type species; Cuscuta epithymum species (lesser dodder) selected other species; for other species see 30005574-2 References 1 1 1 1824621 30005574-2 40018584