mistletoe : Idioms & Phrases

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american mistletoe

  • noun the traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plant
    Phoradendron flavescens; Phoradendron serotinum.
  • noun small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees
    Arceuthobium pusillum.
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false mistletoe

  • noun American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
    mistletoe.
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mistletoe cactus

  • noun a plant of the genus Rhipsalis
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mistletoe family

  • noun in some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae
    family Viscaceae; Viscaceae.
  • noun in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria
    family Loranthaceae; Loranthaceae.
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mistletoe fig

  • noun shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe
    mistletoe fig; Ficus deltoidea; Ficus diversifolia.
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mistletoe rubber plant

  • noun shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe
    mistletoe fig; Ficus deltoidea; Ficus diversifolia.
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mistletoe thrush

  • noun large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries
    Turdus viscivorus; missel thrush; mistle thrush.
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old world mistletoe

  • noun Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
    mistletoe; Viscum album.
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