| NOUN | plant | mistletoe, false mistletoe | American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe |
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| plant | mistletoe, Viscum album, Old World mistletoe | Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries | |
| plant | mistletoe, Loranthus europaeus | shrub of central and southeastern Europe |
| Sounds | mih'sahltow. | |
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| Rhymes | alto ... Yamamoto: 70 rhymes with tow... | |
| Meaning | American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe. | |
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| Synonym | false mistletoe | |
| Member of | Phoradendron, genus Phoradendron | Any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe |
| Narrower | American mistletoe, Phoradendron serotinum, Phoradendron flavescens | The traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America |
| Broader | parasitic plant | plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it |
| Spanish | falso muérdago | |
| Meaning | Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas. | |
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| Synonyms | Viscum album, Old World mistletoe | |
| Member of | Viscum, genus Viscum | type genus of the Viscaceae |
| Broader | parasitic plant | plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it |
| Spanish | muérdago, viscum album | |
| Catalan | vesc, viscum album, Viscum album | |
| Meaning | shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks. | |
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| Synonym | Loranthus europaeus | |
| Member of | Loranthus, genus Loranthus | type genus of the Loranthaceae |
| Broader | parasitic plant | plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it |
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