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MISTLETOES
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mistletoe
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 mistletoe used as a Christmas decoration (under which people customarily kiss)
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Mistletoe
Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemi-parasitic plants in several families in the order Santalales. These plants grow attached to and penetrating within the branches of a tree or shrub by a structure called the haustorium, through which they absorb nutrients from the host plant.
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mistletoe
Noun
1. American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
(synonym) false mistletoe
(hypernym) parasitic plant
(hyponym) American mistletoe, Phoradendron serotinum, Phoradendron flavescens
(member-holonym) Phoradendron, genus Phoradendron
2. Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
(synonym) Viscum album, Old World mistletoe
(hypernym) parasitic plant
(member-holonym) Viscum, genus Viscum
3. shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks
(synonym) Loranthus europaeus
(hypernym) parasitic plant
(member-holonym) Loranthus, genus Loranthus
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mistletoe
n.
jmelí
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mistletoe
Rzecz.
jemioła
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