Cuscuta.
(Del b. LAT. cuscuta, East of the family cl s. ku?u?[a], and this of the Aramaic ka?u?]a]).
1. f. parasitic plant of the family of the perennial of filiform stems reddish or yellowish, leafless, with her flowers and seed round. Lives with preference on hemp, alfalfa and other plants that need much water, and was used in medicine against the dropsy.
