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MISTLETOE FAMILY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria

Synonyms:

family Loranthaceae; Loranthaceae; mistletoe family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mistletoe family" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

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

Meronyms (members of "mistletoe family"):

genus Loranthus; Loranthus (type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species)

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

genus Nuytsia; Nuytsia (one species)

Holonyms ("mistletoe family" is a member of...):

order Santalales; Santalales (order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae

Synonyms:

family Viscaceae; mistletoe family; Viscaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mistletoe family" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "mistletoe family"):

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)

genus Phoradendron; Phoradendron (any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe)

Holonyms ("mistletoe family" is a member of...):

order Santalales; Santalales (order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots)

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