ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arceuthobium pusillum mean? 

• ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM (noun)
  The noun ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM has 1 sense:

1. small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees

  Familiarity information: ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American mistletoe; Arceuthobium pusillum

Hypernyms ("Arceuthobium pusillum" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Arceuthobium pusillum" is a member of...):

Arceuthobium; genus Arceuthobium (genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers)