viscum : Idioms & Phrases

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genus viscum

  • noun type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods
    Viscum.
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viscum album

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