transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmi-səl-ˌtō, chiefly Brit ]
ˈmi-zəl- noun
Etymology: Middle English mistilto, from Old English misteltān, from mistel mistletoe + tān 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