VISCUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Viscum mean? 

• VISCUM (noun)
  The noun VISCUM has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods

  Familiarity information: VISCUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VISCUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Viscum; Viscum

Hypernyms ("Viscum" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Viscum"):

mistletoe; Old World mistletoe; Viscum album (Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas)

Holonyms ("Viscum" is a member of...):

family Viscaceae; mistletoe family; Viscaceae (in some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae)

 Context examples 

An extract of the whole plant Viscum album (mistletoe) with potential biological response modifier (BRM) activity.

(Mistletoe Extract, NCI Thesaurus)