cuscuta
Spanish, noun/kusˈkuta/
cuscuta is spelled C-U-S-C-U-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuscuta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “dodder (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Cuscuta spp.) Cualquiera de unas 150 especies de plantas anuales de la familia de las convolvuláceas, de…”.
What does cuscuta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedodder (plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Cuscuta spp.) Cualquiera de unas 150 especies de plantas anuales de la familia de las convolvuláceas, de largos tallos trepadores casi completamente desprovistos de hojas; parasitan otras plantas enroscándose sobre ellas e introduciéndo haustorios en su sistema vascular. Crecen en regiones tropicales y subtropicales de todo el mundo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cuscuta
- cuscutas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cuscuta?
- /kusˈkuta/
- [kusˈku.t̪a]
- [kusˈkut̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cuscuta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cuscuta in Spanish?
cuscuta appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).