ETYMOLOGICAL NATURAL HISTORY DEPT.

Patient Reader Ken: “…the adjective doddering… Is there an etymological connection?”

The View: “I’ll look into it.”

Note, Patient Reader, that the CFP, the Last Gasp of Creation, has its own entry, “Chaparral dodder,” but it is not even included in a Wikipedia compendium. This is why it’s so hard to appreciate California plants. This is why humanity is doomed.