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VISCUM ALBUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Viscum album mean?
• VISCUM ALBUM (noun)
The noun VISCUM ALBUM has 1 sense:
1. Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
Familiarity information: VISCUM ALBUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
mistletoe; Old World mistletoe; Viscum album
Hypernyms ("Viscum album" is a kind of...):
parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)
Holonyms ("Viscum album" is a member of...):
genus Viscum; Viscum (type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods)
Context examples
An extract of the whole plant Viscum album (mistletoe) with potential biological response modifier (BRM) activity.
(Mistletoe Extract, NCI Thesaurus)
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