English to English
noun
- American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
source: WordNet 3.0
- Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
source: WordNet 3.0
- shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks
source: WordNet 3.0
- A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit.
source: Webster 1913
