VISCUM ALBUM

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

mistletoe; Old World mistletoe; Viscum album

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

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)

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