Cuscuta
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See also: cuscuta
Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Cuscuta_epithymum_140808.jpg/160px-Cuscuta_epithymum_140808.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]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
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Convolvulaceae – dodders.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (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
[edit]- (genus): Cuscuta europaea (greater dodder) - type species; Cuscuta epithymum (lesser dodder) selected other species; for other species see Cuscuta at The Plant List
References
[edit]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