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FALSE MISTLETOE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does false mistletoe mean? 

FALSE MISTLETOE (noun)
  The noun FALSE MISTLETOE has 1 sense:

1. American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoeplay

  Familiarity information: FALSE MISTLETOE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FALSE MISTLETOE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

false mistletoe; mistletoe

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "false mistletoe"):

American mistletoe; Phoradendron flavescens; Phoradendron serotinum (the traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plant)

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

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


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