n.
Pronunciation: ' mi-s ə l- ˌ t ō , chiefly Brit ' mi-z ə l-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English mistilto, from Old English mistelt ā n, from mistel mistletoe + t ā n twig; akin to Old High German & Old Saxon mistil mistletoe and to Old High German zein twig
Date: before 12th century
: a European semiparasitic green shrub ( Viscum album of the family Loranthaceae, the mistletoe family) with thick leaves, small yellowish flowers, and waxy-white glutinous berries broadly : any of various plants of the mistletoe family (as of an American genus Phoradendron ) resembling the true mistletoe
mistletoe