Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of parasitic plants, including the mistletoe, type of the tribe Visceæ in the order Loranthaceæ.
- noun [lowercase] Bird-lime.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of parasitic shrubs, including the mistletoe of Europe.
- noun Birdlime, which is often made from the berries of the European mistletoe.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods
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Examples
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Mistletoe (Viscum album) in Europe and (Phoradendron flavescens variety in America) is another herb associated with the holiday season.
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Common mistletoe (Viscum album), heart-seed and rubber tube with a Tokoname pottery vase from the Japanese, Muromachi period (14th-16th centuries)
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It is still common in England to see the leaves and berries of Viscum album, the European mistletoe, hung in some prominent position at Christmastime to ward off evil spirits.
Evil Eye 2005
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It is still common in England to see the leaves and berries of Viscum album, the European mistletoe, hung in some prominent position at Christmastime to ward off evil spirits.
Evil Eye 2005
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It is still common in England to see the leaves and berries of Viscum album, the European mistletoe, hung in some prominent position at Christmastime to ward off evil spirits.
Evil Eye 2005
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Viscum has one attachment, but from this many branches spring after the form of the primary one.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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On the Ovulum of _Santalum_, _Osyris_, _Loranthus_ and _Viscum_.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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_Maizurrye_ used for netting ropes for bedsteads, Viscum of Baloot, used for food of domestic animals.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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_Santalum_, _Loranthus_, _Viscum_, and some other plants, the anomalous structure of which appeared calculated to throw light on this still obscure and difficult subject.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Besides a case in point exists in Viscum, or Loranthus, in which no point is ready prepared for the reception of the male influence; showing how universal the law is, that in no one point or place is there an absolute want of gradation.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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