MISTLETOE


Meaning of MISTLETOE in English

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

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