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ALL meanings of mistletoe

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  • noun mistletoe plant with white berries 1
  • noun mistletoe Christmas: sprig of mistletoe 1
  • noun mistletoe A leathery-leaved parasitic plant that grows on apple, oak, and other broadleaf trees and bears white glutinous berries in winter. 1
  • noun mistletoe a European plant, Viscum album, having yellowish flowers and white berries, growing parasitically on various trees, used in Christmas decorations. 1
  • noun mistletoe any of several other related, similar plants, as Phoradendron serotinum, of the U.S.: the state flower of Oklahoma. 1
  • uncountable noun mistletoe Mistletoe is a plant with pale berries that grows on the branches of some trees. Mistletoe is used in Britain and the United States as a Christmas decoration, and people often kiss under it. 0
  • noun mistletoe a Eurasian evergreen shrub, Viscum album, with leathery leaves, yellowish flowers, and waxy white berries: grows as a partial parasite on various trees: used as a Christmas decoration: family Viscaceae 0
  • noun mistletoe any of several similar and related American plants in the families Loranthaceae or Viscaceae, esp Phoradendron flavescens 0
  • noun mistletoe any of various evergreen plants (genera Phoradendron and Viscum) of the mistletoe family, parasitic on deciduous or evergreen trees, with small, yellowish-green leaves, yellowish flowers, and shiny, white, poisonous berries 0
  • noun mistletoe a sprig of such a plant, hung as a Christmas decoration: men by custom kiss women standing under it 0
  • adjective mistletoe designating a family (Loranthaceae, order Santalales) of parasitic, dicotyledonous shrubs and small trees 0
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