OLD WORLD MISTLETOE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Old World mistletoe mean? 

• OLD WORLD MISTLETOE (noun)
  The noun OLD WORLD MISTLETOE has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLD WORLD MISTLETOE (noun)

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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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

mistletoe; Old World mistletoe; Viscum album

Hypernyms ("Old World mistletoe" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Old World mistletoe" 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)