HyperDic: false_mistletoe

English > 1 sense of the expression false mistletoe:
NOUNplantfalse mistletoe, mistletoeAmerican plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
English > false mistletoe: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAmerican plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe.
Synonymmistletoe
Member ofPhoradendron, genus PhoradendronAny of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe
NarrowerAmerican mistletoe, Phoradendron serotinum, Phoradendron flavescensThe traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America
Broaderparasitic plantplant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it
Spanishfalso muérdago

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