false mistletoe

English Thesaurus

1. 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)

hyponym	:	american mistletoe, phoradendron flavescens, phoradendron serotinum,
definition	:	the traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plant (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus phoradendron, phoradendron,
definition	:	any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe (noun.plant)