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Definitions of mistletoe in various dictionaries:
noun - American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
noun - Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries
noun - shrub of central and southeastern Europe
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| It's not known whether Okla. is the kissingest state, but this "kissing" shrub is the state flower |
| This plant grows as a parasite on apple tree trunks, blooms in Feb. & March, yet still is a factor in Christmas kisses |
| An example of a plant that's a parasite is this one hung from ceilings at Christmas |
| Kiss-inducing Christmastime shrub |
| Though pleasant to kiss under, this plant is poisonous to eat |
| Pluck one berry for each kiss stolen under this plant; when the berries are gone, no more kissing |
| You can kiss under this Christmas parasite, but don't eat its white berries--they can be fatal |
| A girl who remains unkissed under this Christmas plant shouldn't expect marriage in the next year |
| Legend says enemies who met under a branch of this would drop their weapons & embrace; now we kiss under it |
| The European type of this holiday plant seen here grows most often on apple trees |
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| a leathery-leaved parasitic plant which grows on apple, oak, and other broadleaf trees and bears white glutinous berries in winter. |
| A leathery-leaved parasitic plant which grows on apple, oak, and other broadleaf trees and bears white glutinous berries in winter. |
| an evergreen plant ( one that never loses its leaves) that grows on trees, with small, white fruits and pale yellow flowers. Mistletoe is often used as a Christmas decoration, and it is traditional to kiss someone under it: |
| an evergreen plant with small white fruits and pale yellow flowers that is used esp. as a Christmas decoration |
| A Eurasian parasitic shrub (Viscum album) having leathery evergreen leaves and waxy white berries. |
| Any of several American parasitic shrubs, such as Phoradendron flavescens of eastern North America. |
| A sprig of mistletoe, often used as a Christmas decoration. |
| shrub of central and southeastern Europe partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks |
| Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries the traditional mistletoe of Christmas |
| American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe |
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Mistletoe is the English common name for most obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales. They are attached to their host tree or shrub by a structure called the haustorium, through which they extract water and nutrients from the host plant. Their parasitic lifestyle have led to some dramatic changes in their metabolism.The name mistletoe originally referred to the species Viscum album (European mistletoe, of the family Santalaceae in the order Santalales); it is the only species native to the British Isles and much of Europe. A separate species, Viscum cruciatum, occurs in Southwest Spain and Southern Portugal, as well as Morocco (North Africa).Over the centuries, the term has been broadened to include many other species of parasitic plants with similar habits, found in other parts of the world, that are classified in different genera and even familiessuch as the Misodendraceae and the Loranthaceae. * In particular, the eastern mistletoe native to North America, Phoradendron |