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  • noun Plural form of mistletoe.

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Examples

  • We have found some of the best developed epiphytic bromeliads with large showy flowers there, and at least two species of mistletoes.

    Peace and beauty - roaming the hills around Morelia 2008

  • We have found some of the best developed epiphytic bromeliads with large showy flowers there, and at least two species of mistletoes.

    Peace and beauty - roaming the hills around Morelia 2008

  • They are a "critical factor in the near extinction of a number of our endemic birds, mistletoes, rata and so forth," says Peter J. de Lange, a New Zealand research scientist who focuses on endangered species.

    The Problem 2008

  • Of the Mexican mistletoes, some are herbaceous; others are vine-like, even treelike.

    Evil Eye 2005

  • One of these mistletoes, locally called "Mal Ojo" (Evil Eye), is very much in evidence at present in the Chapala area.

    Evil Eye 2005

  • Threatened plant species currently being protected or monitored include the endemic saltpan cresses (Lepidium kirkii and L. sisymbrioides matau), the upland shrub Hebe cupressoides, the endangered Hector's tree daisy (Olearia hectorii), native Peraxilla mistletoes, and the epiphytic forest shrub Tupeia antarctica.

    Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands 2007

  • Just as wreaths, stockings and mistletoes signify the spirit of christmas, cookies and cakes do their part in spreading the joy all around.

    Peppermint and Vanilla Butter Cookies (Inspired by Candy Canes for Christmas 2007

  • One of these mistletoes, locally called "Mal Ojo" (Evil Eye), is very much in evidence at present in the Chapala area.

    Evil Eye 2005

  • Just as wreaths, stockings and mistletoes signify the spirit of christmas, cookies and cakes do their part in spreading the joy all around.

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • Of the Mexican mistletoes, some are herbaceous; others are vine-like, even treelike.

    Evil Eye 2005

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