doddered

adjective

1. infirm; feeble.
2. (of a tree) having lost most of its branches owing to decay or age.

verb (used without object)

1. to shake; tremble; totter.

verb (intr)

1. to move unsteadily; totter
2. to shake or tremble, as from age

noun

1. any rootless parasitic plant of the convolvulaceous genus Cuscuta, lacking chlorophyll and having slender twining stems with suckers for drawing nourishment from the host plant, scalelike leaves, and whitish flowers