ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM

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Meaning:

Small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees

Synonyms:

American mistletoe; Arceuthobium pusillum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Arceuthobium pusillum" is a kind of...):

parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)

Holonyms ("Arceuthobium pusillum" is a member of...):

Arceuthobium; genus Arceuthobium (genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers)

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