Cuscuta

See also: cuscuta

Translingual

Cuscuta epithymum (lesser dodder)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cuscūte, cuscūthe, cuscūta, cuscūtha, from Arabic كُشُوث (kušūṯ), from Aramaic כְּשׁוּתָא / ܟܫܽܘܬܳܐ (kəšūṯā), probably from כַּשָׁא / ܟܰܫܳܐ (kašā, “to pile up”) because of the jumbled fashion in which this parasitic plant climbs trees, else from Akkadian 𒃢 (SILA₄, “kasû”), a plant with many small seeds used for spice, fumigation and medicine, just like Cuscuta species. Doublet of Cassytha.

Proper noun

Cuscuta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Convolvulaceae – dodders.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Solanales - order; Convolvulaceae - family; Cuscuteae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cuscuta europaea (greater dodder) - type species; Cuscuta epithymum (lesser dodder)  selected other species; for other species see Cuscuta at The Plant List

References

• Cuscuta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cuscuta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cuscuta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cuscuta at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Cuscuta at Tropicos
• Cuscuta at The Plant List