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AMERICAN MISTLETOE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American mistletoe mean? 

AMERICAN MISTLETOE (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN MISTLETOE has 2 senses:

1. the traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plantplay

2. small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch treesplay

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN MISTLETOE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AMERICAN MISTLETOE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American mistletoe; Phoradendron flavescens; Phoradendron serotinum

Hypernyms ("American mistletoe" is a kind of...):

false mistletoe; mistletoe (American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American mistletoe; Arceuthobium pusillum

Hypernyms ("American mistletoe" is a kind of...):

parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)

Holonyms ("American mistletoe" is a member of...):

Arceuthobium; genus Arceuthobium (genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers)


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