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VISCUM

Pronunciation (US):

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods

Synonyms:

genus Viscum; Viscum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Viscum" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Viscum"):

mistletoe; Old World mistletoe; Viscum album (Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas)

Holonyms ("Viscum" is a member of...):

family Viscaceae; mistletoe family; Viscaceae (in some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae)

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