dodder
Totter like elderly
Dodder has two meanings.
As a verb, to dodder is to move feebly and unsteadily, typically from age or infirmity: The old man doddered down the hallway.
Someone who dodders is doddery or doddering.
Separately, dodder is a parasitic plant with thread-like stems that wraps around host plants and draws nutrients from them.
Move unsteadily, nearly falling
- teeterSway without stability
- wobbleUnsteady side-to-side motion
- falterLose momentum or steadiness
- staggerWalk unsteadily, sway
lurch · totter · stumble · shamble · shuffle · toddle · hobble · reel
Exploiting a host organism
- hostOne receiving guests
- stranglerOne who kills by constriction
- twiningWrapping around spirally
- rootlessHaving no stable foundation
leafless · phloem · xylem · infestation · blight · noxious · weed · bindweed
totter
Move unsteadily, nearly falling
stagger · lurch · totter · stumble · shamble · shuffle · toddle · hobble · reel · sway
parasitic
Exploiting a host organism
rootless · leafless · phloem · xylem · infestation · blight · noxious · weed · bindweed
vine
Trailing climbing plant
coil · thread · filament · stem · creeping · climbing · tangled · matted · orange · yellow
senile
Mentally impaired by age
geriatric · octogenarian · nonagenarian · dotage · senescent · enfeebled · old-age · infirmity · frailty · tremulous
- vinesvine, climbing vine, grape vine, ivy, wisteria
- weedsdandelion, crabgrass, thistle, nettles, ragweed
- unusual plant nutritionpitcher plant, sundew, mistletoe, rafflesia, epiphytes
- parasitic plantsmistletoe, broomrape, witchweed, rafflesia, parasitic plants
- plant parasitesmistletoe, broomrape, witchweed, rafflesia, pinesap
- plantstree, plants, leaves, bluebonnet, trees