HyperDic: old_world_mistletoe

English > 1 sense of the expression Old World mistletoe:
NOUNplantOld World mistletoe, mistletoe, Viscum albumOld World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries
English > Old World mistletoe: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningOld World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas.
Synonymsmistletoe, Viscum album
Member ofViscum, genus Viscumtype genus of the Viscaceae
Broaderparasitic plantplant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it
Spanishmuérdago, viscum album
Catalanvesc, viscum album, Viscum album

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