The genus name for dodder plants, a type of parasitic flowering plant that twines around other plants and absorbs their nutrients.
From Arabic 'qascūq' or related Semitic languages; the scientific genus name Cuscuta was assigned by botanists to classify this family of parasitic plants.
The dodder plant is so committed to parasitism that it has no leaves, no roots after sprouting, and is basically just a hollow tube that hijacks other plants' vascular systems!
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