Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mistletoe

3 senses of mistletoe

Sense 1
mistletoe, false mistletoe -- (American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe)
       => parasitic plant -- (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)

Sense 2
mistletoe, Viscum album, Old World mistletoe -- (Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas)
       => parasitic plant -- (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)

Sense 3
mistletoe, Loranthus europaeus -- (shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks)
       => parasitic plant -- (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)