ARCEUTHOBIUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does Arceuthobium mean?
• ARCEUTHOBIUM (noun)
The noun ARCEUTHOBIUM has 1 sense:
1. genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers
Familiarity information: ARCEUTHOBIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ARCEUTHOBIUM (noun)
Meaning:
Genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Arceuthobium; genus Arceuthobium
Hypernyms ("Arceuthobium" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Arceuthobium"):
American mistletoe; Arceuthobium pusillum (small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees)
Holonyms ("Arceuthobium" is a member of...):
family Loranthaceae; 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)
