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Definition: Cuscuta |
CuscutaNoun1. Genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: CuscutaSynonym: genus Cuscuta (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: dodder (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology), love wine, strangle weed. |
Crosswords: Cuscuta |
| English words defined with "Cuscuta": dodder. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cuscuta" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (cuscuta, dodder, love wine, strangle weed). |
Expressions using "Cuscuta": cuscuta gronovii ♦ genus Cuscuta. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cuscuta | 28 |
cuscuta seed | 21 |
cuscuta extract seed | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Cuscuta"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 菟 (dodder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | silke arter (dodder, love wine, strangle weed), hoersilke (dodder, love wine, strangle weed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cuscuta (dodder, love wine, strangle weed), warkruid (dodder, love wine, strangle weed), duivelsnaaigaren (clover dodder, dodder, lesser dodder, love wine, strangle weed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | humalanvieras (dodder, greater dodder, larger dodder, love wine, strangle weed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | cuscute. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Cuscutta (dodder, love wine, strangle weed), Teufelszwirn (dodder, love wine, strangle weed), Seide (pongee, silk), Flachsseide (dodder, love wine, strangle weed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κουσκούτα (dodder, love wine, strangle weed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | cuscuta (dodder, greater dodder, larger dodder, love wine, strangle weed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uscutacay cuscuta (dodder, love wine, strangle weed). (various references) cuscuta (dodder, love wine, strangle weed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cuscuta spp.. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-s-t-u-u" | |
-1 letter: cactus, caucus. | |
-2 letters: scuta. | |
-3 letters: acts, cast, cats, cuts, scat, scut, taus, utas. | |
-4 letters: act, cat, cut, sac, sat, sau, tas, tau, uta, uts. | |
-5 letters: as, at, ta, us, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-s-t-u-u" | |
+4 letters: accumulates, caoutchoucs, crustaceous. | |
+5 letters: acculturates, accumulators, acupunctures, contumacious, unaccustomed. | |
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