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

2 senses of mistletoe family

Sense 1
Viscaceae, family Viscaceae, mistletoe family -- (in some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae)
       => dilleniid dicot family -- (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Sense 2
Loranthaceae, family Loranthaceae, mistletoe family -- (in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria)
       => dilleniid dicot family -- (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
       => parasitic plant -- (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)