mistletoe
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1. shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | parasitic plant, |
| definition | : | plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it (noun.plant) |
2. Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | parasitic plant, |
| definition | : | plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus viscum, viscum, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods (noun.plant) |
3. American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | parasitic plant, |
| definition | : | plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus phoradendron, phoradendron, |
| definition | : | any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe (noun.plant) |
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