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Viscum

noun

type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods

• Syn: ↑genus Viscum

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Viscaceae, ↑family Viscaceae, ↑mistletoe family

• Member Meronyms: ↑mistletoe, ↑Viscum album, ↑Old World mistletoe

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\\ˈviskəm\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, mistletoe, birdlime

1. capitalized : a genus of Old World semiparasitic plants (family Loranthaceae) distinguished by the clustered axillary bracteate flowers with adnate anthers — see mistletoe

2. -s : birdlime made from the berries of the European mistletoe — compare viscin

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viscum /visˈkəm/

noun

1. Bird-lime

2. (with cap) a genus of parasitic plants including the common mistletoe

ORIGIN: L

Useful english dictionary. 2012.