Relating to or belonging to the cuscuta family of parasitic plants, or having characteristics of dodder plants.
From Cuscutaceae with the addition of '-ous,' a common suffix for adjectives meaning 'relating to' or 'having the quality of' in botanical terminology.
When botanists use the word 'cuscutaceous,' they're describing a specific type of parasitism that only this plant family has perfected over millions of years!
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