dod·dered
(dŏd′ərd)adj.1. Botany Lacking the top branches as a result of age or decay.
2. Infirm; feeble.
[Probably alteration of dodded, past participle of dialectal dod, to lop off, from Middle English dodden, perhaps from dodde, a measure of grain.]
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dod•dered
(ˈdɒd ərd)
adj. 1. infirm; feeble.
2. (of a tree) having lost most of its branches owing to decay or age.
[1690–1700]
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