MISTLETOE
Dictionary entry overview: What does mistletoe mean?
• MISTLETOE (noun)
The noun MISTLETOE has 3 senses:
1. American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
2. Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
3. shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks
Familiarity information: MISTLETOE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• MISTLETOE (noun)
Meaning:
American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
false mistletoe; mistletoe
Hypernyms ("mistletoe" is a kind of...):
parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mistletoe"):
American mistletoe; Phoradendron flavescens; Phoradendron serotinum (the traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plant)
Holonyms ("mistletoe" is a member of...):
genus Phoradendron; Phoradendron (any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe)
Meaning:
Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Old World mistletoe; Viscum album; mistletoe
Hypernyms ("mistletoe" is a kind of...):
parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)
Holonyms ("mistletoe" is a member of...):
genus Viscum; Viscum (type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods)
Meaning:
Shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Loranthus europaeus; mistletoe
Hypernyms ("mistletoe" is a kind of...):
parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)
Holonyms ("mistletoe" is a member of...):
genus Loranthus; Loranthus (type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species)
