Cassytha
noun
Cas·sy·tha
kəˈsīt͟hə,
-thə
: a genus of widely distributed tropical climbing parasites (family Lauraceae) which form masses of leafless threadlike stems on branches of trees and shrubs see dodder laurel
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, modification of Late Greek kasytas dodder, of Semitic origin; akin to Syriac kisōtho, Aramaic kĕsātha
- burning bush
- burning down
- burning ghat
- burning glass
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- burning in
- burning index
- burning mountain
- burning nettle
- burning off
- burning oil
- burning one's ears
- burning out
- burning point
- burning through
- burning time
- burning torch
- burning up
- burning-wood
- burningly
- burnings
- burnish
- burnished
- burnished gold
- burnished straw