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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 plant
2. small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees
Familiarity information: AMERICAN MISTLETOE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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