American mistletoe — noun 1. the traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plant • Syn: ↑Phoradendron serotinum, ↑Phoradendron flavescens • Hypernyms: ↑mistletoe, ↑false mistletoe 2. small herb with… … Useful english dictionary
mistletoe — /mis euhl toh /, n. 1. a European plant, Viscum album, having yellowish flowers and white berries, growing parasitically on various trees, used in Christmas decorations. 2. any of several other related, similar plants, as Phoradendron serotinum,… … Universalium
Mistletoe Villa — U.S. National Register of Historic Places … Wikipedia
Mistletoe — For other uses, see Mistletoe (disambiguation). European mistletoe attached to a silver birch Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemi parasitic plants in several families in the order Santalales. The plants in question grow attached to and … Wikipedia
mistletoe — noun Etymology: Middle English mistilto, from Old English misteltān, from mistel mistletoe + tān twig; akin to Old High German & Old Saxon mistil mistletoe and to Old High German zein twig Date: before 12th century a European semiparasitic green… … New Collegiate Dictionary
mistletoe — SYN: viscum (1). * * * mis·tle·toe mis əl .tō, chiefly Brit miz n any of various parasitic or semiparasitic plants (family Loranthaceae, the mistletoe family) that have thick leathery mostly opposite and sometimes scaly leaves and include some… … Medical dictionary
mistletoe — mis·tle·toe || mɪsltəʊ n. green plant with yellowish flowers and waxy white berries that grows parasitically on other trees (native to Europe, northern Africa and Asia); North American shrub that resembles the mistletoe plant; sprig of… … English contemporary dictionary
false mistletoe — noun American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe • Syn: ↑mistletoe • Hypernyms: ↑parasitic plant • Hyponyms: ↑American mistletoe, ↑Phoradendron serotinum, ↑Phoradendron flavescens … Useful english dictionary
dwarf mistletoe — noun : american mistletoe 1 * * * dwarf mistletoe, a small mistletoe which grows parasitically in clusters on the branches of spruce, pine, fir, and hemlock trees … Useful english dictionary
eastern mistletoe — melsvavaisis amalenis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Amalinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Phoradendron leucarpum), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Phoradendron leucarpum angl. American mistletoe;… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
