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1. (n.) mistletoe
a European plant, Viscumalbum, having yellowish flowers and white berries, growing parasitically on trees: used in Christmas decorations.
2. mistletoe
any of several other similar and related plants, as Phoradendron serotinum, of the U.S.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME mistelto, appar. back formation from OE misteltān (mistel mistletoe, basil +tān twig), the -n being taken as pl. ending)
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1. (noun) mistletoe, false mistletoe
American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
2. (noun) mistletoe, Viscum album, Old World mistletoe
Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
3. (noun) mistletoe, Loranthus europaeus
shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks
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1. (noun) mistletoe
a parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. mistletoe
Parasitic plants that form a bushy growth on branches of host trees which are in the order Santalales. It includes the Christmas mistletoe family (VISCACEAE), the showy mistletoe family (LORANTHACEAE) and the catkin mistletoe family (Eremolepidaceae). The composition of toxins, lectins, tyramine, phenethylamines, and other compounds may be affected by the host.
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Sense: a plant with white berries, used in Christmas decorations.
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 Afrikaans: voëlent, maretak, mistel |
 Arabic: دِبِق، نبات يُسْتَعْمَل ف |
 Bulgarian: имел |
 Brazilian: visco |
 Czech: jmelí |
 German: die Mistel |
 Danish: mistelten |
 Greek: γκι |
 Spanish: muérdago |
 Estonian: puuvõõrik |
 Farsi: داروش |
 Finnish: misteli |
 French: gui |
 Hebrew: דְבֵקוֹן לָבַן |
 Hindi: अमरबेल |
 Croatian: imela |
 Hungarian: fagyöngy |
 Indonesian: tumbuhan hiasan Natal |
 Icelandic: mistilteinn |
 Italian: vischio |
 Japanese: やどりぎ |
 Korean: 겨우살이의 일종 |
 Lithuanian: amalas, laumės šluota |
 Latvian: āmulis |
 Malay: tumbuhan mistletoe |
 Dutch: maretak |
 Norwegian: misteltein |
 Polish: jemioła |
 Persian: نوع گياهى كه در كرستمس در |
 Pashto: يو ډول تزيينى بوټى په كر |
 Portuguese: visco |
 Romanian: vâsc |
 Russian: омела |
 Slovak: imelo |
 Slovenian: omela |
 Serbian: imela |
 Swedish: mistel |
 Thai: ต้นไม้ชนิดหนึ่งมีลูกเล็ก |
 Turkish: ökseotu |
 Taiwanese: 槲寄生 |
 Ukrainian: омела |
 Urdu: ایک طفیلی بیل جسے کا استع |
 Vietnamese: cây tầm gửi |
 Chinese: 槲寄生 |
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